78
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
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.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 82GoodWatch 78
IMDb8.2
Running time
2 h 47 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +71 min on the typical 96
typical 96167Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1975
September 23, 1975
51 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
SpanishMade in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Frederick Wiseman Director, Producer, Editor
Camera · 2
- William Brayne Director of Photography
- Oliver Kool Camera Technician
Other crew · 1
- Richard Vorisek Mix Technician
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