PBS: Frontline Favorites

[Michelle420]

I watched these two last night it was pretty good.

[ame=http://youtu.be/9v2xqYmfcxo]FRONTLINE | Preview "Two American Families" | PBS - YouTube[/ame]

It's a central premise of the American dream: If you're willing to work hard, you'll be able to make a living and build a better life for your children.

But what if working hard isn't enough to ensure success—or even the basics of daily life?

"Two American Families", a special 90-minute FRONTLINE documentary more than two decades in the making, is a portrait of perseverance that raises unsettling questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the fate of a declining middle class.

Two American Families | FRONTLINE | PBS


[ame=http://youtu.be/Gp6pSpyX4lc]FRONTLINE | Preview "Poor Kids" | PBS - YouTube[/ame]

FRONTLINE explores what poverty means to children and to the country's future.

FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin. At a time when one in five American kids lives below the poverty line, Poor Kids is an is an intimate portrait of the economic crisis as it's rarely seen, through the eyes of children.

Poor Kids | FRONTLINE | PBS