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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.

Directed By: Neil Docherty

Written By: Neil Docherty

  • TV-MA
  • PBS
  • Oct 12, 1999
  • 1 h
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  • Oct 12, 1999
  • 1 h
Frontline
S17 • Episode 14
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Air Date: Oct 12, 1999
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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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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 12, 1999 • 1 h 30 m
Snitch
A look at how the U.S. government relies on informants in drug prosecutions and how many minor offenders end up serving more severe prison sentences as a result.
Episode 2 • Nov 30, 1997 • 1 h
The Triumph of Evil
Circumstances around Rwanda genocide and the deaths of Belgian Nato soldiers.
Episode 3 • Feb 9, 1999 • 1 h 30 m
The Execution
Alan Austin set out to tell a story of Capital Punishment. Beginning in 1995 an analysis is made of several people on Death Row in Texas. Settling on the story of Clifford Boggess, his relatives and the relatives of those he murdered.
Episode 4 • Feb 23, 1999 • 55 m
Russian Roulette
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, how safe is Russia's nuclear arsenal?
Episode 5 • Apr 13, 1999
Hunting bin Laden
FRONTLINE's "Hunting Bin Laden," produced in collaboration with The New York Times, investigates Osama bin Laden, who is charged with masterminding 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa.
Episode 6 • Apr 27, 1999
Spying on Saddam
Chronicles the United Nation's dramatic eight-year long effort to find and dismantle Saddam Hussein's secret weapons of mass destruction.
Episode 7 • May 11, 1999 • 1 h
Give War a Chance
FRONTLINE explores bitter divide between military and civilian attitudes about where.
Episode 8 • May 25, 1999 • 1 h
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
FRONTLINE profiles most widely known and revered political leader in world--Nelson Mandela.
Episode 9 • Jun 1, 1999 • 1 h
Making Babies
FRONTLINE examines revolution in reproduction and entrepreneurial atmosphere that imbues practice of infertility medicine today.
Episode 10 • Jun 22, 1999 • 1 h 19 m
Pop
In his first film, acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz creates a poignant and indelible portrait of his father.
Episode 11 • Jun 29, 1999 • 1 h
The Crash
FRONTLINE explores global crisis that began as a real estate bust in Thailand and roared.
Episode 12 • Sep 28, 1999 • 2 h 30 m
John Paul II: The Millennial Pope
FRONTLINE presents a comprehensive biography on world leader who has emerged as a man at war with twentieth century itself.
Episode 13 • Oct 5, 1999 • 1 h
Secrets of the SAT
How fair are standardized tests? What do they measure? And what's their impact on racial diversity on America's college campuses? FRONTLINE examines debate over fairness in college admissions.
Episode 14 • Oct 12, 1999 • 1 h
Mafia Power Play
Reveals the disturbing links between professional sports and international organized crime.
Episode 15 • Oct 19, 1999 • 1 h 30 m
The Lost Children of Rockdale County
Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of its teenagers and well-off community.
Episode 16 • Nov 22, 1999 • 2 h
Apocalypse!
From Waco and Littleton to Y2K and global warming, as millennium approaches, we are bombarded by visions of apocalypse.
Episode 17 • Nov 23, 1999 • 1 h
Justice for Sale
An investigation of judicial elections and how the legal system and judicial fairness can be compromised by donors to campaigns.
43 Seasons

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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