FRONTLINE | Close to Home: Sneak Peek 1 | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/frontline/closetohome/ Upper East Side salon owner Deborah Bowles discusses the challenges she faces operating a small business in this tough economic climate. "Close to Home" airs Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings).

Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how the middle class is faring in this recession through the stories of the people who she's come to know at the hair salon she's frequented for the past twenty years. The film reveals the struggles of a small business owner to stay afloat, her sister's risk of imminent foreclosure on her Florida home, and the various clients whose lives intersect at this New York City salon—from well-to-do bankers to struggling actors, each with a story to tell about how they're getting by in these turbulent times.

Watch "Close to Home" on air and online beginning Tuesday, October 27 on PBS (check local listings) and at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/closetohome

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[WunderMaus]

I've been watching the headlight of that freight train coming for quite a while now... The sound deafens my ears and the light fills my field of vision. Soon there will be impact and nothing... just the sucking in of a last gasp of air... such is the analogy of a nation overtaken by corporate greed and corruption.

[TheAMERICANTYRANNY]

All part of Corporate Americas plan to destroy America and turn us into a 3rd World Country - with their Corporate Corruption Fraud outsoucing American Jobs and Wall Street Corruption - and throw in the corrupt politicians and you have a recipe for Disaster !

[jaemegrrl]

As a hairdresser in California, I have had to find ways to make ends meet. I am watching my cliente drop off like flies, I have taken in boarders to pay for the mortgage. I have taken on a second job as a stylist at the mall (god forbid) and have started to look for teaching positions to carry me into my 60's. This video sounded like my life, almost to a T.

[petals49]

This is sad. Yet how much has been done to change things since this program aired. Not enough -- and I doubt that anyone has all the answers.

[yocrazy22]

Great special. Another beauty from FRONTLINE and director Ofra Bikel.

[tonyramirez805]

bummer :/ everyone is struggling, thats what happens when you rely on one source of income.

[libertatem997]

How naive

[JulieRebu07]

thats what i thought when i heard her stupid lady

[fliegeroh]

Yeah, that woman really irks me. The feeling of entitlement. I hope she suffers a lot.

[morleigh13]

Yes, it's the upper east side. Everyone else is supposed to suffer except the rich. What arrogance!