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FRONTLINE; Public Lands and Private Profits

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Public Lands and Private Profits

Program Number

1218

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

This program examines the gold mining industry which is in the midst of a boom bigger than the 1849 California gold rush and is still regulated by a 1872 federal law that allows mining companies to extract billions of dollars in public minerals virtually for free. The program looks at the call for a congressional reforms to halt environmental disasters and taxpayer giveaways. Correspondent Robert Krulwich surveys the impact of mining activities and focuses on the pitched political fight over control of mineral resources, like gold and silver, on public lands.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Public Lands and Private Profits,” GBH Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_40D0F85F9E1D4FF087DD377AC214955B.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Public Lands and Private Profits.” GBH Archives. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_40D0F85F9E1D4FF087DD377AC214955B>.

APA: FRONTLINE; Public Lands and Private Profits. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_40D0F85F9E1D4FF087DD377AC214955B