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Poor kids [videorecording (DVD)] : [an intimate portrait of America's economic crisis].

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PBS Distribution, 2013, c2012.

DVD 362.70973 P823 Doc

Poor children -- United States.

Poor families -- United States.

Poverty -- United States -- Case studies.

Poor children -- Middle West.

Poverty -- Middle West.

Poor families -- Middle West.

Recessions -- Social aspects -- United States.

Alternate title:

Frontline. Poor kids [videorecording (DVD)]

Poor kids [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] :

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Subtitle from container insert.

Originally broadcast on television as an episode of Frontline in 2012.

Widescreen presentation.

English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing).

PBS ; a Frontline production with True Vision ; Producer/Writer/Director, Jezza Neumann ; Co-producer, Lauren Mucciolo.

These are hard times in the Quad Cities, a great American crossroads along the border of Iowa and Illinois, where the Mississippi River intersects Interstate 80. It's home to John Deere manufacturing and the nation's breadbasket. But it's also an area deeply scarred by the Recession. FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin.

Documentary television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Neumann, Jezza.

Mucciolo, Lauren.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

True Vision Productions.

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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