"Growing Up Poor in America" - Preview

Season 2020 Episode 18

About the Episode

The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.

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