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1983

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Episodes

EP 2: Sue the Doctor?

For many doctors, practicing medicine has become a nightmare. Today, one out of every six American doctors faces a malpractice sui...

EP 3: Growing Up Poor

The children of Chester, Pennsylvania are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, drugs, and family problems. Half of them live belo...

EP 4: Russia-Love It or Leave It

A unique look at the Soviet Union through the eyes of Americans as they attempt to escape the confines of a carefully managed Russ...

EP 5: Tobacco on Trial

Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy ...

EP 6: Divorce Wars

Half of all American marriages end in divorce. Using unique access to mediation and court proceedings, Frontline profiles the coup...

EP 7: Who's Running this War?

Eight months before the Iran-contra scandal broke, Frontline investigated the contras, probed the legality of private aid, and ask...

EP 8: AIDS: a National Inquiry

Fabian Bridges, a homosexual prostitute, bragged he had sex with six partners a night and refused to stop even though he knew he h...

EP 9: Standoff in Mexico

Political violence is breaking out in northern Mexico. Frontline documents the growing unrest in Mexico caused by fixed elections,...

EP 10: Inside the Jury Room

For the first time on American television, Frontline cameras move inside a jury room to record the deliberations in a Wisconsin cr...

EP 11: Taxes Behind Closed Doors

For more than a year, Frontline has been behind the scenes with congressmen and lobbyists covering the deals, dollars, and politic...

EP 12: The Disillusionment of David Stockman

Former budget director David Stockman gives an exclusive interview to correspondent William Greider on what has been called 'the g...

EP 13: Visions of Star Wars

Frontline and Nova combine resources for the first time to explore the Strategic Defense Initiative. The program contains the most...

EP 14: Hollywood Dreams

Hollywood is called an industry, a place, a state of mind. But making it in Hollywood, and making movies, persists as part of the ...

EP 15: The Bloods of 'Nam

A high percentage of men on the frontlines in Vietnam were young, poor, undereducated, and black. By most accounts, they had the h...

EP 16: A Matter of the Mind

Millions of Americans are mentally ill. They live in a world that is fragile and often frightening. Inside a halfway house in St. ...

EP 17: Holy War, Holy Terror

Frontline correspondent John Laurence examines the background of the Islamic Revolution, the roots of radical Shiism and reveals w...

EP 18: Will There Always Be an England?

England is a country divided. One in five workers in northern England is unemployed, while in the south of the country, power, pri...

EP 19: Assault on Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court ruled against a Memphis firefighter who successfully fought for an affirmative action plan for the hiring of fel...

EP 20: Comrades I: The Education of Rita

Rita Tikhonova, 21, is a model Russian citizen. The lifestyle and ambitions of an outstanding Young Communist League member in Mos...

EP 21: Comrades II: Hunter and Son

For four months every year, Mikhail Kuzakov and his son, Yuri, leave the comforts of home for the Siberian wilderness, where they ...

EP 22: Comrades III: All that Jazz

Sergei Kuryokhin is a popular Russian jazz and rock musician who is disapproved of by the state because his music is difficult to ...

EP 23: Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo

Frontline examines the differences in Soviet and Western justice systems as it contrasts the lives of Tamara Russo, a 50-year-old ...

EP 24: Comrades V: Master of Samarkand

Abdugaffar Khakkulov is a master craftsman of Uzbek heritage who for 35 years has been restoring the great Islamic mosques in Sama...

EP 25: Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost

Frontline gained unique access in filming the inner workings of the local government system in Nakhodka, a town six thousand miles...

EP 26: Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer

Frontline profiles the lives of players on a factory soccer team in the southern Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan as they fight for t...

EP 27: Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow

Svyatoslav Nilolaevich Fyodorov is an outspoken and provocative eye surgeon whose surgical technique for correcting nearsightednes...

EP 28: Comrades IX: Baltic Chic

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EP 29: Comrades X: Soldier Boy

For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit's life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras foll...

EP 30: Comrades XI: October Harvest

The Kulinich family lives and works on a collective farm in southern Russia. Frontline follows the Kulinichs through their daily l...

EP 31: Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie

Soviet film directors have one advantage over Westerners: the state takes care of the budget. But in return, the state expects fir...

Overview

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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Episodes >>

Hostage in Iran

Episode 1

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Sue the Doctor?

Episode 2

For many doctors, practicing medicine has become a nightmare. Today, one out of ...

Growing Up Poor

Episode 3

The children of Chester, Pennsylvania are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, ...

Russia-Love It or Leave It

Episode 4

A unique look at the Soviet Union through the eyes of Americans as they attempt ...

Tobacco on Trial

Episode 5

Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suin...

Divorce Wars

Episode 6

Half of all American marriages end in divorce. Using unique access to mediation ...

Who's Running this War?

Episode 7

Eight months before the Iran-contra scandal broke, Frontline investigated the co...

AIDS: a National Inquiry

Episode 8

Fabian Bridges, a homosexual prostitute, bragged he had sex with six partners a ...

Standoff in Mexico

Episode 9

Political violence is breaking out in northern Mexico. Frontline documents the g...

Inside the Jury Room

Episode 10

For the first time on American television, Frontline cameras move inside a jury ...

Taxes Behind Closed Doors

Episode 11

For more than a year, Frontline has been behind the scenes with congressmen and ...

The Disillusionment of David Stockman

Episode 12

Former budget director David Stockman gives an exclusive interview to correspond...

Visions of Star Wars

Episode 13

Frontline and Nova combine resources for the first time to explore the Strategic...

Hollywood Dreams

Episode 14

Hollywood is called an industry, a place, a state of mind. But making it in Holl...

The Bloods of 'Nam

Episode 15

A high percentage of men on the frontlines in Vietnam were young, poor, underedu...

A Matter of the Mind

Episode 16

Millions of Americans are mentally ill. They live in a world that is fragile and...

Holy War, Holy Terror

Episode 17

Frontline correspondent John Laurence examines the background of the Islamic Rev...

Will There Always Be an England?

Episode 18

England is a country divided. One in five workers in northern England is unemplo...

Assault on Affirmative Action

Episode 19

The Supreme Court ruled against a Memphis firefighter who successfully fought fo...

Comrades I: The Education of Rita

Episode 20

Rita Tikhonova, 21, is a model Russian citizen. The lifestyle and ambitions of a...

Comrades II: Hunter and Son

Episode 21

For four months every year, Mikhail Kuzakov and his son, Yuri, leave the comfort...

Comrades III: All that Jazz

Episode 22

Sergei Kuryokhin is a popular Russian jazz and rock musician who is disapproved ...

Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo

Episode 23

Frontline examines the differences in Soviet and Western justice systems as it c...

Comrades V: Master of Samarkand

Episode 24

Abdugaffar Khakkulov is a master craftsman of Uzbek heritage who for 35 years ha...

Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost

Episode 25

Frontline gained unique access in filming the inner workings of the local govern...

Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer

Episode 26

Frontline profiles the lives of players on a factory soccer team in the southern...

Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow

Episode 27

Svyatoslav Nilolaevich Fyodorov is an outspoken and provocative eye surgeon whos...

Comrades IX: Baltic Chic

Episode 28

...

Comrades X: Soldier Boy

Episode 29

For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit's life ins...

Comrades XI: October Harvest

Episode 30

The Kulinich family lives and works on a collective farm in southern Russia. Fro...

Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie

Episode 31

Soviet film directors have one advantage over Westerners: the state takes care o...