Frontline

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1983

6.9 / 10

Episodes

EP 2: Apartheid Part 2: 1948-1963

Part 2 details the new policy which included classifying all South Africans by race, removing blacks from cities where many had li...

EP 3: Apartheid Part 3: 1963-1977

Independent homelands' for blacks was the centerpiece of Prime Minister Hendrick Verwoerd's vision of apartheid. Part 3 focuses on...

EP 4: Apartheid Part 4: 1978-1986

When PW Botha became prime minister of South Africa two years after the Soweto uprising in 1976, he realized that apartheid must ‘...

EP 5: Apartheid Part 5: 1987

Part 5 looks at an unprecedented meeting in the struggle for South Africa’s future. Two years before the release of Nelson Mandela...

EP 6: Praise the Lord

Frontline traces the rise and fall of television evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker and investigates why government agencies failed ...

EP 7: Operation Urgent Fury

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh investigates one of Ronald Reagan’s greatest truimphs-the rescue of American student...

EP 8: The Man Who Shot John Lennon

Frontline goes inside the mind of Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980. Newly acquired records pain...

EP 9: Your Flight is Cancelled

Since deregulation, America's airline industry has become a nightmare of delays, cancellations, and near misses. This film probes ...

EP 10: Shakedown in Santa Fe

Eight years after one of the most violent prison uprisings in US history, Frontline returns to the penitentiary in New Mexico to p...

EP 11: Let My Daughter Die

Joe and Joyce Cruzan want doctors to remove their severely brain damaged daughter from the life-support system that keeps her aliv...

EP 12: Back in the USSR

In 1968, American journalist Jerry Schecter, accompanied by his wife and five young children, moved to Moscow on assignment for Ti...

EP 13: Poison and the Pentagon

The military is America’s largest producer of toxic waste. Frontline reporter Joe Rosenbloom investigates the Pentagon’s poor reco...

EP 14: To a Safer Place

When Shirley Turcotte was a child, she was sexually abused by her father. After years of therapy she takes a remarkable journey ba...

EP 15: Murder on the Rio San Juan

Frontline investigates the unsolved 1984 terrorist bombing at a press conference held by contra leader Eden Pastora. Eight people,...

EP 16: American Game, Japanese Rules

Can America succeed in Japan? Frontline paints an intimate portrait of Americans living and working in Japan-baseball players, bus...

EP 17: Racism 101

Frontline explores the disturbing increase in racial incidents and violence on America’s college campuses. The attitudes of black ...

EP 18: Guns, Drugs, and the CIA

An accountant for the Medellin drug cartel explains how he was asked by the CIA to provide funding to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels...

EP 19: The Defense of Europe

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EP 20: The Choice

Frontline examines in-depth the background, character, qualifications, and beliefs of the Republican and Democratic candidates, Ge...

EP 21: Who Pays for AIDS?

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EP 22: Our Forgotten War

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EP 23: Indian Country

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EP 24: My Husband is Going to Kill Me

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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 >>

Apartheid Part I: 1652-1948

Episode 1

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Apartheid Part 2: 1948-1963

Episode 2

Part 2 details the new policy which included classifying all South Africans by r...

Apartheid Part 3: 1963-1977

Episode 3

Independent homelands' for blacks was the centerpiece of Prime Minister Hendrick...

Apartheid Part 4: 1978-1986

Episode 4

When PW Botha became prime minister of South Africa two years after the Soweto u...

Apartheid Part 5: 1987

Episode 5

Part 5 looks at an unprecedented meeting in the struggle for South Africa’s futu...

Praise the Lord

Episode 6

Frontline traces the rise and fall of television evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakke...

Operation Urgent Fury

Episode 7

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh investigates one of Ronald Reagan’...

The Man Who Shot John Lennon

Episode 8

Frontline goes inside the mind of Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and kille...

Your Flight is Cancelled

Episode 9

Since deregulation, America's airline industry has become a nightmare of delays,...

Shakedown in Santa Fe

Episode 10

Eight years after one of the most violent prison uprisings in US history, Frontl...

Let My Daughter Die

Episode 11

Joe and Joyce Cruzan want doctors to remove their severely brain damaged daughte...

Back in the USSR

Episode 12

In 1968, American journalist Jerry Schecter, accompanied by his wife and five yo...

Poison and the Pentagon

Episode 13

The military is America’s largest producer of toxic waste. Frontline reporter Jo...

To a Safer Place

Episode 14

When Shirley Turcotte was a child, she was sexually abused by her father. After ...

Murder on the Rio San Juan

Episode 15

Frontline investigates the unsolved 1984 terrorist bombing at a press conference...

American Game, Japanese Rules

Episode 16

Can America succeed in Japan? Frontline paints an intimate portrait of Americans...

Racism 101

Episode 17

Frontline explores the disturbing increase in racial incidents and violence on A...

Guns, Drugs, and the CIA

Episode 18

An accountant for the Medellin drug cartel explains how he was asked by the CIA ...

The Defense of Europe

Episode 19

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The Choice

Episode 20

Frontline examines in-depth the background, character, qualifications, and belie...

Who Pays for AIDS?

Episode 21

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Our Forgotten War

Episode 22

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Indian Country

Episode 23

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My Husband is Going to Kill Me

Episode 24

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