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FRONTLINE; Children of the Night
Part of Frontline.
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Children of the Night
- Program Number
705
- Series Description
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as PBS's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.
- Program Description
The story of Iain Brown, who at thirteen left the comfortable world of a middle-class family in Walnut Creek, California, for the life of a male hustler in San Francisco. Iain committed suicide in December 1987 at the age of nineteen. His story highlights the disturbing and growing national problem of teenage runaways and suicides.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Children of the Night,” GBH Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_32529133D40C402EABB464FD9035F535.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Children of the Night.” GBH Archives. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_32529133D40C402EABB464FD9035F535>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Children of the Night. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_32529133D40C402EABB464FD9035F535