Episode
Frontline: Close to Home
Overview
Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles the recession's impact on one unlikely neighborhood--New York's Upper East Side..
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 27
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2009-10-27
Episode context
Close to Home is Episode 15 in Season 27 of Frontline. It aired on 2009-10-27.
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