SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“The psychology of poverty has rarely been so well depicted, along with the inadequacy of the bureaucracy itself.”
167 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. In English. DCP.
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.
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
High School (1968): Saturday, November 16 at 3 p.m.
Law and Order (1969): Saturday, November 23 at 3 p.m.
Central Park (1989): Saturday, November 30 at 3 p.m.