Unreported World USA: Down and Out
Unreported World meets the USA's new middle-class homeless: families struggling to hold down jobs that pay so little they're forced to live in tent cities or their cars and receive little help from the government. Reporter Ramita Navai and producer Clancy Chassay begin their journey in Chicago, one of the country's manufacturing centres, which has been hit hard by the effects of the worst financial crisis in decades. St Columbanus church is one of 600 charities across the city that gives out emergency food rations. Across America, many working people from all sectors have taken as much as 40% in pay cuts in desperation to hold on to their jobs. Their motivation is clear: if you are a temporary, part-time or self-employed worker you don't qualify for government help. The result is that many can't make ends meet and afford to feed themselves and their families.
Acclaimed foreign affairs programme, where reporters travel to some of the most dangerous and neglected parts of the globe to offer an insight into those whose lives are not often glimpsed by world media.
Primary Title
- Unreported World
Episode Title
- USA: Down and Out
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 11 January 2011
Start Time
- 19 : 35
Finish Time
- 20 : 00
Duration
- 25:00
Channel
- TVNZ 7
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Acclaimed foreign affairs programme, where reporters travel to some of the most dangerous and neglected parts of the globe to offer an insight into those whose lives are not often glimpsed by world media.
Episode Description
- Unreported World meets the USA's new middle-class homeless: families struggling to hold down jobs that pay so little they're forced to live in tent cities or their cars and receive little help from the government. Reporter Ramita Navai and producer Clancy Chassay begin their journey in Chicago, one of the country's manufacturing centres, which has been hit hard by the effects of the worst financial crisis in decades. St Columbanus church is one of 600 charities across the city that gives out emergency food rations. Across America, many working people from all sectors have taken as much as 40% in pay cuts in desperation to hold on to their jobs. Their motivation is clear: if you are a temporary, part-time or self-employed worker you don't qualify for government help. The result is that many can't make ends meet and afford to feed themselves and their families.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Homeless persons--United States
- Homeless families--United States
- Financial crises--United States
- Documentary television programs--United States
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Ramita Navai (Reporter)
Contributors
- Quicksilver Media (Production Unit)
- Channel 4 Television (Production Unit)
- Clancy Chassay (Director)
Subjects
- Homeless persons--United States
- Homeless families--United States
- Financial crises--United States
- Documentary television programs--United States