Research: 'Rich Kid - Poor Kid' TV documentary explores impact of inequality
The impact of
child poverty and inequality - the UK retains
one of the highest levels of income inequality in the developed world - is explored in a new Channel 4 documentary. In
Rich Kid - Poor Kid,
children in Britain are described living in more fear and ignorance of
each other.
The well-off are ferried around by car, told not to walk
down the wrong street. Poorer children are told they are worth less in
comparison with others and labelled as failures in a country where we
avidly count academic qualifications. The film by Zac Beattie allows the 'rich kid' and 'poor kid' brought
together in the film, to flush out the issues and concerns and confront
their differences.
See
more clips here and
here.