Frontline
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.
Season 2 Episodes
Investor-owned for-profit hospital chains are aggressively marketing themselves to treat only the insured or wealthy pat…
As American corporations begin to adopt a Japanese management style stressing worker involvement in a family-like corpor…
Viewing the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of Irish Americans who support the IRA and its strategy of vio…
Investigating whether the tens of millions of dollars raised through the appeals of television evangelists like Jimmy Sw…
On the eve of the 1984 New Hampshire primary, the first of four national election reports. Correspondent Richard Reeves …
Kenneth Bianchi, who killed two women in Bellingham, Washington, and was one of the Hillside Strangler murderers in Los …
Amid questionable use of psychiatric evidence in criminal proceedings, Kenneth Bianchi is revealed to be an accomplished…
A special election report focuses on Birmingham, Alabama -- famously a battlefield for black civil rights. Frontline cor…
Filmmaker Ofra Bikel takes us into the heart of El Salvador -- a tiny Central America nation about which we know so much…
Charlie Cobb looks at young men who make it big playing basketball, and many who will not. College recruiters promise an…
An insider's look at the 'sport of kings' focused on tracks at Belmont, NY, where the rich indulge their interest in hor…
Profiling Navy Secretary John Lehman and the growing debate inside the Navy establishment to build a multi-billion-dolla…
Explores what Los Angeles is trying to do about its gang problem. It's the worst in the nation, killing more than 1,000 …
Examines findings from a presidential commission and several private advocacy groups on hunger in America, and the exten…
Examining ethical arguments over the use of animal testing in American laboratories, hospitals, and medical schools. Whi…
Following the 1984 presidential campaign of Gary Hart to reveal presidential politics as it has never before been seen o…
The bittersweet story of four unforgettable people who flee repression in Poland to find a better life in Chicago. They …
As more women are voting and running for elected office, correspondent Judy Woodruff looks at women and politics in 1984…
It could never happen to you. One day it happened to Farrell Stallings. After 28 years at the same job, he was laid off-…
Two men, a Palestinian and an Israeli, born thirty miles apart, journey to America. In synagogues and universities, on t…
Frontline goes inside the hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face the agonizing choice: how far do …
In one of the first comprehensive reports broadcast in the U.S., Frontline presents the searing reality of the famine in…
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. On the fifth anniversary of the invasion, Frontline correspondent Richard…
Marshall High School is one of the poorest in Chicago-both academically and economically. But it is fighting back, tryin…
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