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FRONTLINE; Begging Game, The
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Begging Game, The
- Program Number
1310
- Series Description
Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983
- Program Description
Each day, thousands of panhandlers work the streets and subways of cities across America. Correspondent Deborah Amos explores the hidden world of panhandlers in New York City, gaining access to the intimate details of their lives, investigating the real story of why they beg, and examining the impact of New York mayor Rudolph Guiliani's crackdown of panhandlers.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- News
- Public Affairs
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Begging Game, The,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed November 13, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_190449B44D3E4FB6AF7C23AE5CCA561D.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Begging Game, The.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. November 13, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_190449B44D3E4FB6AF7C23AE5CCA561D>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Begging Game, The. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_190449B44D3E4FB6AF7C23AE5CCA561D