 | On Wheels Brasilby Sergio Bloch Following the lives of people that push, pull, or pedal some kind of vehicle to earn their living on Brazil’s city streets, On Wheels Brasil establishes a relationship between the wheel’s movement and the inconstancy of life. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection |
 | One Last Betby Roynn Lisa Simmons The personal obsessions and tragedies associated with gambling addiction and the emotional crap shoot of living an addicted life. |
 | Open Outcryby Jon Else, and Bonni Cohen Shot in real time to capture the hyper-charged sense of danger, intensity, and controlled chaos in the trading pits, Open Outcry follows commodities traders whose work may soon vanish into the vapor of internet finance. |
| Outridersby Pamela Yates, and Peter Kinoy In June 1998, 50 people, mostly women and children, all poor, some homeless, embarked on a month-long bus odyssey, crisscrossing the country to gather stories of people struggling with poverty due to welfare cuts and jobs downsizing. |
 | Paperback Dreamsby Alex Beckstead Focusing on two landmark booksellers: Cody's and Kepler's Books, Paperback Dreams is the story of the rise and fall of the independent bookstore. |
 | Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dreamby Alex Gibney Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his examination of how the gap between rich and poor Americans has become so stark, as illustrated by this famous boulevard in New York City. One building on Park Avenue, in Manhattan, is home to the highest concentration of billionaires in America. Less than five miles down the same street, in the Bronx, is America's poorest congressional district. Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens, Why Poverty? |
 | People Like Us: Social Class in Americaby Louis Alvarez, and Andrew Kolker People Like Us takes a hard look at how class really works in America, examining how it affects our understanding of race and gender, investigating its exclusion from the national debate, and probing the ways in which class differences shape daily life. |
 | Pickles, Inc.by Nitza Gonen and Dalit Kimor In the Israeli Arab village of Tamra, eight widows challenge social conventions and establish the Azka Pickle Cooperative, seeking financial independence for themselves and their children. Women and Girls Lead, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices, Wide Angle |
 | Poor Us: An Animated History of Povertyby Ben Lewis Explore the history of grand schemes to eradicate poverty, through a combination of animation, archival material, live action, anecdote, and humor. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Why Poverty? |
 | Power Pathsby Bo Boudart Power Paths follows a grassroots coalition of Native Americans and environmental groups determined to transform their reservation’s economy to green energy, preserving their land for future generations. Independent Lens |
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