Tonight on Frontline, producer Ofra Bikel, who as far as I’m concerned deserved every award ever minted for television for her documentary exposes of the hoax-child-abuse scandals in 1991’s Innocence Lost, will present a new documentary. Close To Home is simply a portrait of her Manhattan hairdrsser… but as usual with Bikel, nothing is simple.

FRONTLINE | Close to Home | PBS www.pbs.org FRONTLINE Producer Ofra Bikel visits her hair salon on the Upper East Side to hear patrons' intimate stories of how the recession is hitting home, even in the unlikeliest of neighborhoods. "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 ...From:PBSViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:31More inNews & Politics