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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 May 22, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_190449B44D3E4FB6AF7C23AE5CCA561D.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Begging Game, The.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. May 22, 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