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Original title: Down and Out in America
Year: 1986
Running time: 60 min.
Country: United States
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Documentary
Music: Tom Manoff
Cinematography: Tom Hurwitz
Producer: HBO
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film. Poverty
Synopsis: This Academy Award winning film documents the lives of America's homeless population. After poring over the grim statistics, which reveal millions homeless and millions more living in poverty, filmmaker Lee Grant studies three stories in depth: farmers plagued with debt, a group of homeless people in a town called Justiceville, and a bewildered, resentful young family forced out onto the streets after their apartment catches on fire.

Awards: 1986: Oscar: Best Documentary

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Down and Out in America

1986

Lee Grant