Where all the films about poor Americans? | Stephen Pimpare

This year’s Oscars have highlighted the dearth of films that get to the heart of poverty and its causesBuried within the Trump administration’s recent budget was a proposal to sharply cut food stamp funding. In its place would be a box of government-provided foods, a scheme sure to be a boondoggle benefiting only the companies who get contracts to produce and deliver these packages. The plan offers yet more evidence of the lack of policy knowledge within the administration, its ignorance of the scale and scope of US hunger and poverty, and its disregard and contempt for the millions who, despite their best efforts, still struggle to get by. That said, there’s nothing especially novel about the administration’s attitude – disdain for poor people is a longstanding feature of American political culture. Continue reading…
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