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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
These are hard times in the Quad Cities, a great American crossroads along the border of Iowa and Illinois, where the Mississippi River intersects Interstate 80. It's home to John Deere manufacturing and the nation's breadbasket. But it's also an area deeply scarred by the Recession. Frontline spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Explores life and social conditions near the Baghmati River on the grounds of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, where some children eke out an existance by begging and diving for coins thrown into the river as funeral offerings for the cremated, while others on nearby streets are surrounded by drugs and disease.