Down and Out in America

1986NR57m7.2

A recession in the mid-1980s affects Minnesota farm workers, unemployed urban workers and the newly homeless in Los Angeles and New York.

The recession of the 1980ssplit the coj try into haves and have-nots.from family famers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live IIn decrepit welfare notels. On the verge of losi g everything, courageous Americans discover the power of community organising to kerfuffle injustice. Written by

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Studio(s): HBO, Joseph Feury Productions

Originally Released: Dec 01, 1986

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary