![Frederick Wiseman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/uYlxuYtXn27b4CYLII2K8KyqwUc.jpg)
WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life.