The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live in decrepit welfare hotels. On the verge of losing everything, courageous Americans discover the power of community organizing to fight injustice.
Unfortunately the movie Down and Out in America is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Lee Grant | Director |
| Production | Joseph Feury | Producer |
| Production | Milton Justice | Producer |
| Production | Carol Cuddy | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Tom Manoff | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tom Hurwitz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Milton Moses Ginsberg | Editor |
| Production | Joseph Feury | Production Manager |
| Crew | Robert Warmflash | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Richard Goldberg | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Maryte Kavaliauskas | Sound |
| Production | Prudence Glass | Researcher |
| Production | Prudence Glass | Development Producer |
| Directing | Joseph Feury | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Dean Wetherell | Associate Editor |
| Camera | Eric Swanek | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Catherine Shields | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Paul Goldsmith | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Bill Megalos | Additional Camera |
| Sound | Petur Hliddal | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mathew Price | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jonathan Mann | Music Producer |
