Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert

Name: Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-03-17
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7.3

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1h 15m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

177

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Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert (2014)

Documentary

PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT tells the moving story of a year in the life of one mother whose daily struggles illuminate the challenges faced by more than 42 mil... Read allPAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT tells the moving story of a year in the life of one mother whose daily struggles illuminate the challenges faced by more than 42 million American women and the 28 million children who depend on them. The film is the unvarn... Read allPAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT tells the moving story of a year in the life of one mother whose daily struggles illuminate the challenges faced by more than 42 million American women and the 28 million children who depend on them. The film is the unvarnished account of a single mom struggling to get ahead, but constantly getting knocked back... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

177

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Shari Cookson
- Nick Doob

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Top review

9/10

Moving and powerful

Touching and powerful documentary, that gains much from it's plain, heartfelt telling.

One year in the life of one of America's working poor. People who have jobs, sometimes more than one, or lose them and desperately want to make a life, but can't seem to get a break. It would be hard to imagine even the most hard hearted call Ms. Gilbert a 'taker' -- watching her struggle to do the best she can for her three children while earning $9.49 a hour. She works as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a nursing home, a job that demands expertise both human and medical. Yet she earns too little to be able to do anything but barely scrape by.

A stinging and powerful rebuke to those who feel the poor somehow deserve their fate, the film does so much by letting us get to know one woman and her story, instead of only trying to paint a huge canvas to tackle one of the most important crises facing our nation.

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