TEN YEARS AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION
“FRONTLINE: LEFT BEHIND AMERICA”
GOES INSIDE ONE AMERICAN CITY’S FIGHT TO RECOVER
Available on DVD November 20
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Arlington, Va. – October 3, 2018 – PBS Distribution announces the release of “FRONTLINE: LEFT BEHIND AMERICA” available on DVD November 20. In the decade since the Great Recession, many American cities and towns have bounced back. But for some small and mid-size cities that were once hubs for innovation and manufacturing, economic recovery has remained elusive. This documentary asks why and is an in-depth look at one such city, Dayton, Ohio, as its citizens continue to fight for economic revitalization ten years after the financial crisis.
“FRONTLINE: LEFT BEHIND AMERICA” will be available on DVD ($24.99 SRP) November 20, 2018. The program has a run time of approximately 60 minutes. The program is currently available for download from iTunes and Amazon.
Gripping and powerful, this documentary chronicles the lives and struggles of Dayton’s working poor as they chase the American dream in the new American economy. As director Shimon Dotan (The Settlers) and correspondent Alec MacGillis of ProPublica explore in the film, Dayton was once the epitome of industry and ingenuity in the American heartland — “the Silicon Valley of its age,” author Mark Bernstein tells the documentary team, a birthplace of aviation and a center of the automotive industry.
Although Dayton’s job market has recently seen a resurgence, the jobs coming back to the city aren’t the high-wage jobs that used to be there – and the poverty rate in Dayton has reached 34.5 percent, or nearly three times the poverty rate nationwide.
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In addition to the economic downturn, the city has also been hit hard by the opioid epidemic.By early 2017, county coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger was seeing so many overdose deaths that he was worried Montgomery County, which includes Dayton, would end up leading the nation in fatal opioid overdoses per capita.
But despite the obstacles, many Dayton citizens are taking matters into their own hands — and focusing not just on surviving, but thriving.
“LEFT BEHIND AMERICA” is the intimate story of one Rust Belt city’s struggle to recover in the post-recession economy — and an up-close look at how that struggle presents a challenge to us all.
“LEFT BEHIND AMERICA” is a Middle America Productions Inc. film for WGBH/FRONTLINE in partnership with ProPublica. The producers are Paul Cadieux, Shimon Dotan, Nancy Guerin. The correspondent is Alec MacGillis. The senior producer is Frank Koughan. The executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
Support for “LEFT BEHIND AMERICA” is provided by WNET through the Chasing the Dream Initiative, with major funding from The JPB Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation
About Chasing the Dream
Chasing the Dream is a multi-platform public media initiative from WNET in New York on poverty and opportunity in America. It aims to provide a deeper understanding of the impact of poverty on American society: what life is like below the poverty line and for the working poor, its impact on our economic security, and what has happened to the age-old dream of striving for a better life. We also highlight solutions: what has worked – and what is working – to bring people out of poverty, and what lessons we can learn for the future.
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About FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling. FRONTLINE has won every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 89 Emmy Awards and 20 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagra
About PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution is the leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms including digital distribution of OTT branded channels, TVOD, SVOD and VOD, as well as through theatrical licensing, DVD and Blu-ray sales, inflight entertainment and international licensing.
PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators over 4,000 programming hours of the highest quality factual, scripted and children’s programming, including films from producer Ken Burns, hit dramas from MASTERPIECE, entertaining and educational children’s series and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and many independent producers. For over 20 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations and producers.
FRONTLINE: LEFT BEHIND AMERICA
Street Date: November 20, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Run Time: Approximately 60 minutes on 1 disc
SRP: DVD, $24.99
Format: DVD and Digital HD
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