Vortex - Life in One of the Poorest Village in Hungary

Synopsis: Filmed over six months, in Hungarian with English subtitles, this documentary follows three families in the village of Told, one of the poorest villages in Hungary. Isolation, poverty and discrimination against Roma make it hard for them to live decent lives.
They face the threats of running out of food, their houses collapsing and their children being taken into care. Hope is hard to find and the children suffer as well as the adults. Solutions are not simple or easy and the local services struggle to find ways to help people out of their desperate plights.
Language: Hungarian
Country: Hungary
Year of release: 2012
Year of production: 2010
Notes: English subtitles.
Subjects: Social Studies; Geography
Keywords: Hungary; poverty; social conditions; social geography; social minorities; Roma

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