Welfare
by Frederick Wiseman2h471975United States
Recommended byLodge Kerrigan, Justine Triet, Alice Diop
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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.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Zipporah Films
- Distributor : LMC
- Editing : Frederick Wiseman
- Producer : Frederick Wiseman
- Director : Frederick Wiseman
- Photo Director : William Brayne
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1975
- French release date : 12 juin 1982
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English
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