Living on the Edge

1995 | 56 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Living on the Edge
  • Overview

    Bill Moyers tells the story of several hardworking Milwaukee families struggling with low-paying jobs after previous employers downsized their operations. Filmed over a period of five years, these families were first featured in Moyers’s 1992 documentary ‘Minimum Wages: The New Economy.’ FRONTLINE chronicles the families’ emotional and financial strains, their search for better jobs and job retraining, and looks at Milwaukee’s efforts to adapt to an ever-shrinking industrial sector.

  • Release Date

    12 December 1995

  • DirectingKathleen Hughes
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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