An unemployed man struggles to help an equally penniless, yet shockingly beautiful, young woman in her search for food and shelter.

After being laid off from his job, a man struggles to find meaning in a utopian world where all of his basic needs are already met for him.

A married couple tries to make ends meet for their hungry and sick children in the midst of the Depression but soon realize that sheer willpower cannot save them from the ruthless winter.

A Black mother enlists rootworkers to dole out revenge on a White woman whose merciless actions during the Great Depression caused her children to starve.

A young boy living with his aunt and uncle, who are immigrants from Russia, watches as his family slips into poverty during the Great Depression.

A mother struggles to provide her daughter with comfort in an unstable home as her husband constantly searches for new employment.

A man during the Great Depression gets a job. However, he is wracked with guilt as he watches other people less fortunate than him.

Three young siblings feel the effects of the Great Depression through their father's salary cut and change in mood. They hold a sales event to help their father which turns out to be a success.

Two men down on their luck form a surprising friendship and enact a get-rich-quick scheme.

A group of working class people run a dangerous path toward a promised Elysium, and those who survive are rewarded with nothing they can appreciate or comprehend.