David Fanning
Director
Frontline (1983)
Season 18
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.
Released Jan. 17, 1983
Episode 76 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, News
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Watch Providers: PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Frontline
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S18E1 - John Paul II: the Millennial Pope
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Sept. 28, 1999, midnight
S18E2 - Secrets of the SAT
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Oct. 5, 1999, midnight
S18E3 - Mafia Power Play
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Oct. 12, 1999, midnight
S18E4 - The Lost Children of Rockdale County
Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines the link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of its teenagers and the well-off community in which they live. The film reveals a parent's worst nightmare--children as young as fourteen naming scores of sexual partners; others telling of binge drinking, drugs and sex parties. In a series of intertwining profiles, FRONTLINE uncovers the roots of the Conyers syphilis epidemic and reveals the turbulent psychology of America's suburban teenagers.
Oct. 19, 1999, midnight
S18E5 - Apocalypse! (2)
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Nov. 22, 1999, midnight
S18E6 - Justice for Sale
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Nov. 23, 1999, midnight
S18E7 - The Case for Innocence
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Jan. 11, 2000, midnight
S18E8 - The Killer at Thurston High
FRONTLINE explores what led Kip Kinkel, a 15-year-old Oregon boy, to kill his parents and two classmates, and shoot and injure 25 others at his high school.
Jan. 18, 2000, midnight
S18E9 - The Survival of Saddam
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Jan. 25, 2000, midnight
S18E10 - Assault on Gay America
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Feb. 15, 2000, midnight
S18E11 - War in Europe
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Feb. 22, 2000, midnight
S18E12 - Dr Solomon's Dilemma
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April 4, 2000, midnight
S18E13 - What's Up With the Weather?
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April 18, 2000, midnight
S18E14 - Jefferson's Blood
In "Jefferson's Blood," FRONTLINE correspondent Shelby Steele and producer Tom Lennon re-examine Jefferson's life, and piece together the little that can be known about Sally Hemings. Steele and Lennon also explore the repercussions of the Jefferson-Hemings relationship for the couple's modern-day descendants, many of whom are still attempting to find their place along America's blurred color line. "[Jefferson] spawned two lines of descendants--one legitimate, one not," Steele says in the documentary. "And this bastardized part of his family would be driven by a sense of incompleteness."
May 2, 2000, midnight
S18E15 - Return of the Czar
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May 9, 2000, midnight
S18E16 - The Battle Over School Choice
During the election year of 2000, George Bush and Al Gore battled over issues regarding education. This program explores the heated political debate over the reform of public education and investigates the spectrum of "school choice" options, from vouchers to charter schools to for-profit academies
May 23, 2000, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 76 min.
Season Runtime: 64372 min.
Released: Jan. 17, 1983
Last Air Date: Dec. 9, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 14+
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