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FRONTLINE; Growing Up Poor
12/15/1985
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Growing Up Poor
- Program Number
403
- 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
Nearly 1 in 4 children in the US lives in poverty. The children of Chester, Pennsylvania, are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, drugs, and family problems. Half of them live below the poverty line. Program follows them through the maze of social service programs available to them and discovers what it is like growing up poor.
- Duration
00:61:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- News
- Public Affairs
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Growing Up Poor,” 12/15/1985, GBH Archives, accessed January 22, 2021, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3FA0EE66BB544991BCC24E31B4114718.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Growing Up Poor.” 12/15/1985. GBH Archives. Web. January 22, 2021. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3FA0EE66BB544991BCC24E31B4114718>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Growing Up Poor. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3FA0EE66BB544991BCC24E31B4114718