Frontline
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Frontline

6.9/10 1983 45 Seasons 852 Episodes Returning Series

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 3 Episodes

E1
Vietnam Under Communism
1985

Frontline takes a rare look inside the new Vietnam, 10 years after the fall of Saigon and the US pullout. While the Viet…

E2
Shootout on Imperial Highway (1)
1985

Seventy-two year-old James Hawkins,Sr. has turned his home and business into an armed camp. Living in the Watts section …

E3
Shootout on Imperial Highway (2)
1985

The trial of gang members accused of conspiracy concludes this special two-part report. Through interviews in prison and…

E4
The Lifer and the Lady
1985

He was a convicted murderer. She was a prison volunteer. They fell in love. Frontline follows the story of Ron Cooney, w…

E5
The Child Savers
1985

Over a million cases of child abuse were reported in 1984-and the figure is growing. Frontline follows a dedicated group…

E6
Down for the Count
1985

Professional boxing is one of the most popular and profitable sports in America. It can also be fatal. Frontline goes in…

E7
Retreat from Beirut
1985

They went to keep the peace. But 241 died-caught in a military and political cross fire.

E8
Buying the Bomb
1985

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his first television investigation for Frontline. A…

S3E9
E9
A Class Divided
53 min 1985

One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed a…

E10
Potomac Fever
1985

Every two years, a desire to represent their home districts in Washington brings a group of first-time freshmen congress…

E11
Crisis in Central America 1: Yankee Years
1985

From the Spanish-American War in 1898 until the 1950's, US preeminence in Central America and the Caribbean was never su…

E12
Crisis in Central America 2: Castro's Challenge
1985

The Cuban revolution of the 1950's was the first successful challenge to US preeminence in the Western hemisphere. Part …

E13
Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua
1985

In 1979, the Sandinistas led a revolution that overthrew the Somoza dynasty which had ruled Nicaragua for almost 50 year…

E14
Crisis in Central America 4: Battle for El Salvador
1985

Many Americans had never heard of El Salvador until a few years ago. It is now the focus of American policy in Central A…

E15
Men Who Molest
1985

Experts estimate there are at least four million child sexual abusers in the US, and they do not fit our stereotypes. Al…

E16
Catholics in America: Is Nothing Sacred?
1985

One in four American citizens is Catholic, yet few seem to agree with-or follow-every doctrine and practice of their chu…

E17
The American Way of War
1985

Frontline examines the complex relationship between the US Army, its fighting doctrine, the American people, and the gov…

S3E18
E18
Memory of the Camps
57 min 1985

Forty years ago, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which stil…

E19
You Are in the Computer
1985

You go to rent an apartment and are turned down without any obvious reason. Then you find out your name is in a computer…

E20
What About Mom and Dad?
1985
E21
Breaking the Bank
1985

In 1984, there were more bank failures in the US than at any time since the Great Depression. Correspondent Judy Woodruf…

Cast

Will Lyman
Will Lyman
Self - Narrator (voice)

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