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Living Below the Line

Oct. 30, 1984
60 minutes

It could never happen to you. One day it happened to Farrell Stallings. After 28 years at the same job, he was laid off-a victim of the recession. Now he's broke, afraid, and at the mercy of the welfare system. Frontline follows him into the maze of the bureaucracy.

Producer(s): Mark Obenhaus

Awards: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story
The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Grand Prize/1st Prize Television