"Tow" Tells the True Story of a Woman Who Sued the System
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.

A story about Amanda and Dania who are cousins of the same age but with distinctly different characters. Amanda is a city girl who is forced to live with Dania's family in the village since her parents' death. As adults, Amanda has married Khair. Dania becomes the caregiver for Amanda's child, Iris. Amanda becomes jealous seeing Iris close to Dania. Amanda falls down the stairs causing her second pregnancy to miscarry and her uterus has to be removed. Iris also dies from food poisoning when Amanda is distressed as her mother-in-law pressures Khair to remarry. Dania's face becomes disfigured as a result of being attacked by Sandra who harbors old resentment toward Amanda for failing to marry Khair. Bard, Dania's former fiancé, sincerely marries Dania despite her disfigured face. Dania and Bard gift one of their twin children to Amanda and Dania. CAST PHOTO
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
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