Peter Davis
Director
Middletown (1982)
Miniseries
Six-part documentary on the city of Muncie, Indiana - nicknamed "Middletown" after a study in the 1920s deemed it representative of middle America. The series finds that amid the great ...
Released March 24, 1982
Episode 65 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Sport
Keywords: imdb.muncie-indiana, imdb.high-school, imdb.large-family, imdb.divorcee, imdb.basketball, imdb.small-business, imdb.pizzeria + 4 more, imdb.religion, imdb.small-town, imdb.political-campaign, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Watch Providers: Hoopla
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Campaign
The 1979 mayoral race in Muncie between a
glad-handing Democrat named Jim Carey and a reserved Republican named Alan Wilson.
March 24, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - The Big Game
The showdown basketball game between the Muncie Central Bearcats and the Anderson High Indians.
March 31, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - Community of Praise
A family of fundamentalist Christians.
April 7, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Family Business
A family struggles to keep a faltering pizza franchise alive.
April 14, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - Second Time Around
A couple, both divorced, face the uncertainties of their imminent marriage.
April 21, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Seventeen
A group of high-school seniors prepare to graduate into adulthood.
(not aired)
PBS
65 min/ep
65 min
March 24, 1982
April 21, 1982, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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