Up Against the System (1969)
- Directed by
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Welfare recipients and social workers talk about their experiences with the welfare system. They discuss the challenges and frustrations of dealing with the system's rules and procedures.
conversationalinquisitivegroundedobservationalsoberempatheticstraightforwardeye-opening
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