Movies and TvShows featuring "one-dollar" theme.

Living on One Dollar is a documentary that follows four friends as they experience poverty firsthand in rural Guatemala. They live on only one dollar a day for two months, facing hunger, parasites, and financial problems. Throughout their journey, they learn about the resilience, ingenuity, and friendship that can be found in communities living in extreme poverty.

The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.