Hard earned. 1, Minimum wage / produced by Kartemquin Films ; series producer, Maggie Bowman ; directors, Katy Chevigny, Maria Finitzo, Ruth Leitman, Brad Lichtenstein, Joanna Rudnick.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Leitman, Ruth, director.

Finitzo, Maria, director.

Rudnick, Joanna, director.

Lichtenstein, Brad, director.

Chevigny, Katy, director.

Bowman, Maggie, producer.

Laidlaw, Elizabeth, narrator.

Al Jazeera America (Television network), production company.

Kartemquin Films, production company.

MagellanTV, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-income parents--United States.

Wages--United States.

Minimum wage--United States.

Cost and standard of living--United States.

Student loans--United States.

Working poor--United States.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 minutes)

Other Title:

Minimum wage

Place of Publication:

District of Columbia : MagellanTV, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

As Emilia celebrates her 50th birthday, she takes stock of her career as a waitress and struggles to hold onto her house. DJ gets frustrated with working conditions at Walgreens and starts talking to his co-workers about how to make a change. Clerical worker Jose and his girlfriend Elizabeth look for a way to move out of their parents’ basements and give their son his own bedroom.

Participant:

Narrator, Elizabeth Laidlaw.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 13, 2023).

OCLC:

1402792477