Welfare

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

167 min

Quality:

HD

Director:

Frederick Wiseman

Release:

1975

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

7.3