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.
Welfare
This film is part of the Frederick Wiseman's America series.
This series is presented with generous support from:

Welfare
1975. 167 m. Frederick Wiseman. Zipporah Films. US. English. Rated NR.
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
"I wish all the public as well as all legislators and politicians, could see this film. It could have been made in any urban area in the United States."
"As Wiseman's film shows, a welfare centre is a battleground with the poor fighting desperately against a complex web of Catch 22 regulations that can defeat even the strongest and cleverest... An amazing film."
This film is part of the Frederick Wiseman's America series.
This series is presented with generous support from:

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