Living on the Edge

Bill Moyers chronicles the saga of several hardworking Milwaukee families facing low-wage work after downsizing by their employers. Filmed over five years, these families were first featured in Moyers’s 1992 documentary 'Minimum Wages: The New Economy.' FRONTLINE follows their emotional and financial strains, their pursuit of better employment and retraining, and examines Milwaukee’s efforts to adapt to an ever-shrinking industrial sector.