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Documentaries like Living on One Dollar

Not everyone loves Living on One Dollar for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Living on One Dollar

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You want to see what poverty means day to day.

  2. You like four friends going through it together.

  3. You like a sincere film that wants you to act.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Waste Land2010

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want real people from Jardim Gramacho telling their own lives.

  • Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak2020

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you like meeting the real people who work to stop the next outbreak.

  • Virunga2014

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.

  • Harlan County U.S.A.1976

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.

  • Meru2015

    • four friends going through it together

    Good for you if you like the loyalty between Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk.

  • Dark Days2000

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want to see how people really lived under Manhattan.

  • Sicko2007

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you like ordinary people telling what their illness cost them.

  • Bus 1742002

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead2010

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day
    • four friends going through it together
    • a sincere film that wants you to act

    Good for you if you like a sincere story of a man changing his life.

  • Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want real children from Calcutta's red light district telling their own lives.

  • The Dawn Wall2017

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want the real footage of a climb nobody had done before.

  • Paris Is Burning1991

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want the ballroom scene from the people who built it, in their own words.

  • Waiting for "Superman"2010

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day

    Good for you if you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery.

Reasons taken from Living on One Dollar's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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