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The American Dream
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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 ...
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.
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- Creator
- Al Jazeera America (Television network)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Al Jazeera America (Television network), [2015]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2017
- ©2015
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn989705195
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Originally released by Al Jazeera America (Television network), 2015.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on February 09, 2017.
- Streaming video file.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Meet Emilia Stancati (4:00) -- Meet Takita Akins (4:12) -- Meet De'Jaun Jackson (1:36) -- Meet Jose Merino and Elizabeth Bonta (3:18) -- Mounting Credit Card Debt (2:36) -- Losing a Scholarship (5:02) -- Student Loan Debt (3:05) -- Going Back to School (2:39) -- Instilling the Importance of Education (2:58) -- Caring For Parents (2:20) -- Losing the Dream (5:35) -- Affording a Home (3:02) -- Merino and Bonta: First Date (2:11) -- Fighting for a Living Wage (2:52) -- Minimum Wage Strike (2:44) -- Credits: The American Dream: Episode 1-Hard Earned (0:44)