PMA Films: "Frederick Wiseman, Restored": Welfare (1975)

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

Running Time: 167 min.
MPAA Rating: NR
Language: In English
Country of origin: United States
Director: Frederick Wiseman

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