Born Poor | movie | 2025 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary "Poor Kids" explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarel | dG1fOW0tcnpXZlUwRUU

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00:00When we can't afford to pay our bills, like our house bills and stuff, you never know

00:08what will happen in your life.

00:10We first met them 14 years ago in Illinois and Iowa.

00:14Johnny, Kaylee, Brittany, and their families.

00:19The experience of growing up poor as seen through their eyes.

00:22We lost our whole house and everything.

00:25Life is going to be hard because there's hardly going to be any jobs left when rich people

00:30will be poor.

00:31Like you, you might get poor in the last few months.

00:34You never know.

00:35From childhood.

00:36If I don't have the opportunity to show somebody to play football, football won't exist.

00:41Then as teenagers.

00:42No matter what I go through, I'll still want to try and try and try to be better.

00:47I know people have it worse than me and I wish no one had that.

00:51Everybody knows the American dream.

00:53Oh, go to college and go live your life.

00:55That's all I want to do.

00:56And now, young adults.

00:58The last thing that I want is for my kids to worry about what we're going to have for

01:01dinner or worry about where we're going to stay.

01:03Being born poor can start off rough.

01:05It can be a difficult process because you have limited opportunities.

01:08But them opportunities will come.

01:10Oh, nice job, man.

01:11What can I do today to make myself better for tomorrow?

01:14Life has lessons.

01:15People make mistakes.

01:16You know, life goes on no matter what happens.

01:18Changing the cycle that you were born into is very hard.

01:22I'm still learning to this day.

01:24It's a long, lengthy process.