Documentary: The Line - Poverty in America, it's not what you think

thelinemovie.com
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:36 UTC

© Jeff Swensen

Deana Lucion, who lives in McDowell County, West Virginia. Life expectancy for men in McDowell County is 64 years old – the same as for men in Namibia.

The Line documents the stories of people across the country living at or below the poverty line.

They have goals. They have children. They work hard. They are people like you and me. From Chicago's suburbs and west side to the Gulf Coast to North Carolina, millions of Americans are struggling every day to make it above The Line.

(with English & Spanish Closed Captioning)

Comment: This documentary was released in 2015, and Western economies have only gotten worse:

• Third world levels of poverty and disease in the richest country in the world reveals an America in decline
• California sinks into economic abyss with highest poverty rate in the US
• Guns, drugs & poverty drive US suicide epidemic
• Why the UN is investigating extreme poverty in the United States
• The end of the American empire
• The simple and not so secret step to a successful society - and how America is doing the opposite
• America's crumbling infrastructure
• City of London think tank predicts "imminent" US stock market crash of up to 50%

Also check out SOTT radio's:

• Behind the Headlines: Trump Ditches Europe, Europe Bluffs, Russia and China Carry on With Eurasian Integration
• The Truth Perspective: Poverty and Homelessness in America