Independent Lens

A Path Appears: The Cycle of Poverty in West Virginia

Clip: Season 1 Episode 2 | 1m 57s

In this scene from the second episode of the Independent Lens documentary series A Path Appears, Jennifer Garner returns to her home state of West Virginia with Nicholas Kristof to visit rural, impoverished families. They travel with Tonya Bonecutter, a caseworker for Save the Children’s Early Steps, who explains that meth and prescription drugs plague all the families she works with.

Aired: 01/02/15

Rating: TV-PG

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