The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2004), Once Were Warriors (1994), Leaf on a Pillow (1998), City of Hope (1991), Prison Song (2001), Mee Pok Man (1995), The Tenants (2006), Made in Hong Kong (1997) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Urban Poverty movies.
Storyline: A homeless musician's life is transformed after he discovers a flock of wild South American parrots living in San Francisco. How they got there is a mystery, but Mark Bittner forms a bond with the exotic birds through his music and his patient, attentive care. Over time he comes to appreciate their individual identities and makes a case for humans to reevaluate their relationship to animals. When he is forced to leave them, he despairs over the birds' fate.
Plot Keywords: musician, homeless person, parrot, neighbor, charming, uplifting, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family's life showing Jake's frequent outburst of violence and the effect that this has on his family. The youngest son is in trouble with the police and may be put into a foster home while the elder son is about to join a street gang. Jake's daughter has her own serious problems which are a key element in the plot.
Plot Keywords: abusive husband, wife, gang member, foster child, poet, brutal, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.
Plot Keywords: street urchin, ex-husband, merchant, boy, woman, disheartening, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: City of Hope is a portrait of a typical middle-sized American city of the present day. The crux of the story is an old apartment block which stands in the way of a major commercial development. Joe Rinaldi is the building contractor who owns the buildings, and is being pressured to torch them to permit the development to occur. His estranged son, Nick, soon becomes a pawn in the power politics of the city. Corrupt Mayor Baci and policeman O'Brien are determined to push the development, while idealistic city councilman Wynn soon finds himself torn between what he knows is right and what his black constituents want.—Reid Gagle
Plot Keywords: contractor, son, politician, mayor, homeless person, tense, new jersey ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young man lives and learns while growing up on the street and in and out of correctional facilities.
Plot Keywords: juvenile delinquent, mother, stepfather, lawyer, bully, drug dealer, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A painfully shy noodle-shop owner and a prostitute have a chance encounter when destiny arrives in the form of a car accident.
Plot Keywords: vendor, prostitute, pornographer, emotional, melodramatic, offbeat, tender ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: On the top floor of an abandoned tenement, Harry Lesser struggles to complete the novel he has been writing for almost ten years. Then Willie Spearmint, black militant and aspiring writer, moves into another part of the building to work on his own book.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: writer, militant, girlfriend, novelist, jewish man, gritty, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After falling for a teen who disappears (Neiky Yim Hui-Chi), a small-time punk (Sam Lee) loses his grip on reality and agrees to a contract killing.
Plot Keywords: gang member, girl, father, hit man, triad, melodramatic, brutal ...
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