Poverty in the USA: Being Poor in the World’s Richest Country (2022 – ENDEVR Documentary)

Our weekly documentary film curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE

43 million people, out of a total population of 328 million, live below the poverty line. This figure gathered in 2019 represents a notably higher figure, 3 times as many than during the Great Depression in the 1930s.  Historically poor regions like the Appalachian mining area and the film also touches on the dramatic rise in the number of homeless individuals in Los Angeles. Following individuals living out of their cars, working multiple minimum-paying jobs shedding light on the paradox of widespread poverty existing in one of the world’s richest countries.