childhood poverty

More than a decade ago, filmmakers explored poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. They follow Kaylie, Johnny and Brittany across three chapters of their lives as they grow from kids to teenagers to adults, pursuing their dreams while trying to overcome the grinding poverty that shaped their childhoods.

Michigan's child poverty rate dropped over five years, but hundreds of thousands of kids - or one in five - are still living in poverty.The annual Kids…