Welfare

Movie
TitleWelfare
User score

7.1

Release dateSep 23, 1975
GenreDocumentary
DirectorFrederick Wiseman
Production countryUnited States of America
Run time167 min.

WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life.

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