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FRONTLINE; Does America Still WOrk

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Does America Still WOrk

Program Number

1417

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

At the height of the Rust Belt primaries, "Frontline"goes to Milwaukee where presidential candidates tap the deep-seated anxiety and insecurity that fuels tensions between American businesses and their employees. The documentary looks behind the heated political rhetoric to see how companies, workers and civic leaders are wrestling with global competition and the end of an era of industrial affluence. In a volatile economic climate, what do corporations owe their employees and their communities.

Duration

00:64:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Public Affairs

News

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Does America Still WOrk,” GBH Archives, accessed October 3, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C345B8EF85ED46A4992A2F1FA631AB47.

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