Two American Families

Name: Two American Families
Uploaded: 2021-01-01
Duration: 1 h 23 min 18 s
Channel: FRONTLINE PBS
Description: This 2013 documentary tells the stories of two families in Milwaukee—one black, one white—in a battle to keep from sliding into poverty. “Two American Families” raises questions about the U.S. economy and the declining middle class through the stories of the Neumanns and the Stanleys, which began...

This 2013 documentary tells the stories of two families in Milwaukee—one black, one white—in a battle to keep from sliding into poverty. “Two American Families” raises questions about the U.S. economy and the declining middle class through the stories of the Neumanns and the Stanleys, which began...

83 min - Society & Culture - FRONTLINE PBS

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