Any half-hour of this long film provides revelations, like the girl claimant who is told by her interviewer that he's looking after two and a half million people and that if a couple of thousand don't get what's due them, he's doing a good job. And without a note from a doctor, she can't get a dollar. An ex-druggie who got himself work, an apartment and a dog, then lost everything but the dog, is told he can have a room in a hostel. He objects that he can't take his dog there. I say it's necessary. . .
Every small tragedy is a large one for some people.
Even the police who patrol the offices get involved. They are mostly black and there are racists about, but they keep their cool, even when told they breed like rabbits and will cause blood on the streets one day if they're not wiped out first. Throughout all this, Wiseman's camera simply looks and records. It doesn't have to do anything else. It's the editing that's important.