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All or Nothing
Close Up
Mike Leigh | 2002
United Kingdom | 128 min | 18+ years | English

Mike Leigh’s powerful look behind the doors of a housing estate

Topics: UK Poverty
Films
The Divide
The Bigger Picture
Katharine Round | 2015
United Kingdom, United States | 74 min | 15+ years | English

Screened as part of TOAFF15

7 individuals strive for a better life in modern-day US and UK – where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%.

Topics: Economics & Fair Trade, UK Poverty
Films
I, Daniel Blake
All Equal?
Ken Loach | 2016
Belgium, France, United Kingdom | 100 min | English

Screened as part of TOAFF16

After suffering a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter fights the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.

Topics: Economics & Fair Trade, UK Poverty
Staff Pick
Films
Scheme Birds
All Equal? Sisters Youth Programme
Ellinor Hallin & Ellen Fiske | 2018
Sweden, United States | 88 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles

Screened as part of TOAFF19

As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where “you either get knocked up or locked up,” innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.

Topics: UK Poverty, Women's Empowerment
Films
Sorry We Missed You
All Equal?
Ken Loach | 2019
Belgium, France, United Kingdom | 100 min | 15+ years | English

Three years after I, Daniel Blake (TOAFF16), Ken Loach and his long-term collaborators (screenwriter Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien) return with another devastatingly powerful portrait of contemporary Britain.

Topics: Economics & Fair Trade, UK Poverty, Workers' Rights