TWO AMERICAN FAMILIES: 1991-2024 Screening and Discussion at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema

Filmed over 34 years, Two American Families: 1991-2024 follows two families struggling to survive in a changing American economy.

TWO AMERICAN FAMILIES: 1991-2024

Screening and Discussion

DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema in New York City

TUE AUG 27 at 7:00pm

It’s a central premise of the American dream: If you’re willing to work hard, you’ll be able to make a living and build a better life for your children. But what if working hard isn’t enough to get ahead — or even to ensure your family’s basic financial stability?

Two American Families: 1991-2024, a special, two-hour documentary filmed over more than 30 years, is a portrait of perseverance from FRONTLINE, Bill Moyers, and filmmakers Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes that raises unsettling questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the impact on people struggling to make a living.

This is the saga of two families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — one Black, the Stanleys, and one white, the Neumanns — who have spent the past 34 years battling to keep from sliding into poverty, and who refuse to give up despite the economic challenges that their stories reveal.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

• Kathleen Hughes:  “Two American Families 1991-2024” Director/Producer, FRONTLINE
• Tom Casciato: “Two American Families 1991-2024” Director/Producer, FRONTLINE
• Andrew Fredericks: “Two American Families 1991-2024”  Co-Producer/Editor, FRONTLINE
• Keith Stanley: “Two American Families 1991-2024” Film Participant
• Alissa Quart (moderator):  Executive Director, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and author of Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America

After the panel discussion and audience Q&A there will be a drink reception.