Down and Out in America (1986)

Name: Down and Out in America
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-07-19T09:17:09+02:00
Rating: 3.25

Documentary | 57 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 57 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Lee Grant

Stars: Lee Grant

IMDb score: 7,2 (317)

Releasedate: 1 December 1986

Down and Out in America plot

"The origins of homelessness."

Three sectors of American society that were hit by a recession in the mid-1980s. In Minnesota, 250 farms are seized every week. Men and women talk about their farms, the nature of their bank loans and the onslaught of farming. In cities where 3,500 jobs go abroad a day, the unemployed are considering their options. The newly homeless talk about the jobs they've lost as they find new shelter in the abandoned buildings of New York. Finally, a family who lives in a welfare hotel tells their story.