Welfare

Part of THIS IS AMERICA: Frederick Wiseman – 7 Dispatches

Introduced by series co-programmer & co-host of “Wiseman Podcast”, Arlin Golden

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.