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Rated 7.4 on TMDB

Welfare

The nature and complexity of the welfare system is explored in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of constituting problems: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their livelihood.

Released: 1975
Runtime: 2h 47m
Genres: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Language: English

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Frederick WisemanDirector

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