Some Movies Actually Understand Poverty in America
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storySome Movies Actually Understand Poverty in AmericaThe complex realities of subsistence escape “Hillbilly Elegy.” But as far back as Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights,” filmmakers have been turning a discerning eye on destitution.Glenn Close as Mamaw, a grandmother subsisting on Meals on Wheels, in “Hillbilly Elegy.”Credit…Lacey Terrell/NetflixBy More
