Jobless: Life Unemployed

This documentary from BAFTA winning filmmaker Brian Woods looks behind the unemployment statistics to the real people they represent. Filmed through 2009 and seen partly through the eyes of children, it follows families struggling with the loss of work and income. It gives a human face to hardship, showing the emotional toll of joblessness on an entire household. A moving, grounded watch on unemployment, family and life on the margins. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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