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10 movies and shows

Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan

Thu, 08 Feb 1951

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

Goodbye

Goodbye

Fri, 22 Nov 2019

Seville, Spain. Juan Santos, a convicted petty criminal, gets out of jail for a day to celebrate with Triana, his wife, the first communion of their daughter Estrella.

Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road

Sat, 07 Oct 1933

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.

Man's Castle

Man's Castle

Mon, 20 Nov 1933

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

Insiang

Insiang

Sat, 25 Dec 1976

A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.

Skippy

Skippy

Sat, 25 Apr 1931

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Thu, 01 Oct 1942

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.

Rocinha Brasil 77

Rocinha Brasil 77

Thu, 13 Oct 1977

About the Rocinha favela, the largest in Rio de Janeiro. A camera tour reveals their paths and intimacies, while the speech of their residents points to the solution of the urbanization of the favelas, in contrast to the removal proposal, a threat that hangs over everyone.

Le Franc

Le Franc

Mon, 01 Aug 1994

A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his exasperating landlady. —but the ticket wins...

Urbana TV - El noticiero del barrio - Padre Mugica

Urbana TV - El noticiero del barrio - Padre Mugica

Thu, 01 Jan 2015

URBANA TeVé is a free signal which broadcasts from the neighborhood Padre Carlos Mugica, better known as Villa 31, in Buenos Aires. A community channel for cultural and social expressions from a neighborhood where the struggle for urbanization is key for all its inhabitants.