Welfare

Frederick Wiseman

A profile of the welfare system that illustrates the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: unemployment, divorce, housing, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly.

DIRECTOR
Frederick Wiseman
YEAR
1975
COUNTRY
U.S.
RUNTIME
167 minutes

A profile of the welfare system that illustrates the staggering diversity of problems that surround welfare: unemployment, divorce, housing, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers and clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life.

Welfare
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