Hunger Movies

Life on the breadline in the 1930s was hard enough, but times were desperate when you fell beneath it. Hunger marches organised by the National...

Biscut is a powerful film on the state of politics in Uttar Pradesh and offers a gritty and hard-hitting take on the treatment of the backward...

Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train...

In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS...

A muffin thief troubles Mr. Baker, so he seeks help from a sleek detective. They agree to catch the thief at night in the bakery in Baker Street.

“Olive” is a short documentary that follows Olive Hagemeier, an energetic woman, on her daily routine of salvaging, repackaging and...

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

A mother and her son partake in a rage filled dinner together.

A government subsidized water facility "melts" down releasing a toxin into the water supply which turns the employees and population into soulless...

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his...

During the largest food crisis in a century, a group of college students step up to help those facing hunger. Their small local effort inspires hope...

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.

H. Oboe Rhodes, a "knight of the road," limps into a large city with the idea of appeasing his hunger. His first quest is the welcoming doors of a...

Snow White wakes up as a zombie and she is very hungry.

When the governor hears that a general inspector has come to town, fearing that he'll uncover his corruption, he and his government officials panic....

There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live...