Living on the Edge(1995)

Living on the Edge Synopsis

Bill Moyers tells the story of several hardworking Milwaukee families struggling with low-paying jobs after previous employers downsized their operations. Filmed over a period of five years, these families were first featured in Moyers’s 1992 documentary ‘Minimum Wages: The New Economy.’ FRONTLINE chronicles the families’ emotional and financial strains, their search for better jobs and job retraining, and looks at Milwaukee’s efforts to adapt to an ever-shrinking industrial sector.

Living on the Edge (1995) is a documentary film directed by Tom Casciato, released on December 12, 1995 with a runtime of 56m. It stars Bill Moyers.