This was from 1975. I’ve watched a lot of documentaries, primarily American and British, about the struggles people living in poverty must endure. It’s heart breaking…. Hearing about people going to bed hungry or not knowing if they’d even have a place to live from day to day really tugs on your heart.
I watched one from Chicago where the presenter asked where they saw themselves in five years… More than one said they would be lucky to even be alive… and that they had nothing to look forward to in life They saw no way out of their circumstances.
I’ve watched many of these spanning from the 60s to 2010s… I’ve only seen one where the people being interviewed weren’t treated with dignity and respect… It was almost like they were blaming the poor for being poor…..and scrutinizing every aspect of their lives…..I’m sure making them feel like less of a person. A couple of them said they were embarrassed of how they were living. It’s so easy to judge. It was really hard for me to continue watching. Anyway, this was very enlightening.
