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Summary Since it began in 1983, ‘Frontline' has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

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  • PBS
  • Jun 27, 1983
  • TV-MA
  • PBS
  • Jun 27, 1983
Frontline
S1 • Episode 22
Crossfire in El Salvador
Air Date: Jun 27, 1983
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Summary Since it began in 1983, ‘Frontline' has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

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Episode 1 • Jan 17, 1983 • 1 h
An Unauthorized History of the NFL
A look at the connections between organized crime, gambling and professional football in the United States.
Episode 2 • Jan 24, 1983 • 1 h
88 Seconds in Greensboro
James Reston investigates the role of a police informant in the 1979 murder of five civil rights demonstrators by a group of Klan and Nazi Party members in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Episode 3 • Jan 31, 1983
In the Shadow of the Capitol
Frontline correspondent Charles Cobb journeys to a Washington, DC that tourists rarely see.
Episode 4 • Feb 7, 1983
A Chinese Affair
For thirty-four years, those who fled to Taiwan in wake of Communist victory have had only their memories and fantasies of mainland China.
Episode 5 • Feb 14, 1983
God's Banker
A probing documentary probing ties between Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker, found hanging from a London bridge and Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, head of the Vatican bank.
Episode 6 • Feb 21, 1983
Pentagon, Inc.
Frontline investigates power of Pentagon as a business and economic force in domestic economy.
Episode 7 • Feb 28, 1983
Gunfight USA
Frontline looks beyond cliches and stereotypes in debate over gun control. Visiting prison inmates, victims of gun crime, and sharpest minds on both sides, Frontline explores underlying fears make gun control such an emotional issue.
Episode 8 • Mar 7, 1983
Children of Pride
Kojo Odo, a 42 year-old single black man, took in his first child a decade ago-a 7 year old boy with his arm missing.
Episode 9 • Mar 21, 1983
A Journey to Russia
Before Gorbachev and glasnost, three young Americans journey to Soviet Union on a whirlwind two-week, six-city debating tour.
Episode 10 • Mar 28, 1983
Daisy: Story of a Facelift
Daisy is 55 and terrified of growing old. She feels she needs a facelift. From moment of her decision, Frontline follows her.
Episode 11 • Apr 11, 1983
Space: The Race for High Ground
Episode 12 • Nov 30, 1982 • 1 h
Abortion Clinic
Abortion Clinic tells the stories of four young women who are confronted by unplanned pregnancies. Two of them decide to carry their pregnancies to term; two chose to have abortions performed at a local clinic.
Episode 13 • Apr 25, 1983
Crisis in Zimbabwe
Rhodesia, a symbol of white racism, has become Zimbabwe and white minority rule has given way to black majority rule.
Episode 14 • May 2, 1983
Air Crash
Frontline investigates frightening aftermath of worst air disasters in US history-June 9, 1982 crash of Pan Am flight 759 at New Orleans airport.
Episode 15 • May 9, 1983 • 1 h
Looking for Mao
Episode 16 • May 16, 1983
Israel: Between the River and the Sea
For eight years, Rafik Halabi covered West Bank and Gaza strip-only Arab reporter working in Hebrew section of Israeli Television.
Episode 17 • May 23, 1983
In Our Water
Frank Kaler's story begins simply enough when he requests a water test. Why? Because his children develop skin lesions after bathing in it.
Episode 18 • May 30, 1983
Vietnam Memorial
Frontline tells story of five days in fall of 1982 when more than 150,000 people gathered in Washington DC for dedication of Vietnam Memorial.
Episode 19 • Jun 6, 1983
For the Good of All
When a national recreation site between Cleveland and Akron was first mandated by Congress in 1974.
Episode 20 • Jun 13, 1983
The Russians Are Here
During previous decade, 100,000 Russians came to America to live. Here they found a more difficult freedom than Americans might imagine.
Episode 21 • Jun 20, 1983
Who Decides Disability?
Frontline investigates Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from Social Security disability rolls.
Episode 22 • Jun 27, 1983
Crossfire in El Salvador
In 1983, El Salvador was a nation where murder and torture were an everyday occurrence.
Episode 23 • Jul 4, 1983
Sanctuary
Frontline follows journey of a Guatemalan family through 'new underground railroad'.
Episode 24 • Jul 11, 1983
Moneylenders
Developing countries have borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars from Western banks.
Episode 25 • Jul 18, 1983
Klaus Barbie: The American Connection
Klaus Barbie, a hated Nazi war criminal, was returned to France in 1983 to face justice.
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Top Cast

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Will Lyman

Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self

Sarah Childress

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Self

Priyanka Boghani

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter

Arun Rath

Self - Reporter, Self, Reporter

Judy Woodruff

Self - Host, Self, Self - Anchor

Katie Worth

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter

Martin Smith

Self - Correspondent, Self, Correspondent

Jessica Savitch

Self - Host, Narrator, Self - Host (1983)

Jim Gilmore

Self - Reporter, Self, Reporter

Mike McNally

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Baker

Self, Self - The New York Times, Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising, Self - Author, Self - Author, Days of Fire, Self - Author, Obama: The Call of History, Self - Co-author Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author, Kremlin Rising, Self - co-author of 'Kremlin Rising'

Jeremiah Kissel

Self, Self - Narrator, Self - Reporter, Voiceover

Dan Balz

Self - The Washington Post, Self, Self, journalist, The Washington Post

Lowell Bergman

Self, Self - Correspondent, Correspondent, Self - Reporter, Self - Correspondnet, Self - Frontline

Peter Haydu

Self, Voiceover

Jane Mayer

Self - The New Yorker, Self, Reporter, Self - Author, The Dark Side, Self, investigative journalist for The New Yorker

Steve Coll

Self - Author, 'Ghost Wars', Self - The New Yorker, Self, Self - Author, Self - Author, Private Empire, Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker, Self - The New Yorker, Author: Ghost Wars

Peter Berkrot

Narrator, Self - Narrator

Susan Glasser

Self, Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author, Kremlin Rising, Self - The New Yorker, Self - The Washington Post (1998-2008)

Charles Linshaw

Self, Narrator

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