Frontline (1983)
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.
- Ric Esther Bienstock
- Neil Docherty
- David Fanning
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Episode 1 - The O.J. Verdict
Release Date: 2005-10-04On October 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people stopped what they were doing to witness the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. For more than a year, the O.J. saga transfixed the nation and dominated the public imagination. Ten years later, veteran FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel revisits the "perfect storm" that was the O.J. Simpson trial. Through extensive interviews with the defense, prosecution and journalists, FRONTLINE explores the verdict -- which, more than any other in recent history, measured the difference between being white and black in America.
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Episode 2 - The Torture Question
Release Date: 2005-10-18The 9/11 attacks lead to a “get-tough” policy for the U.S. government. FRONTLINE examines how this harsh new standard for torture worked its way around the globe and down to the cell blocks of Abu Ghraib.
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Episode 3 - The Last Abortion Clinic
Release Date: 2005-11-08The abortion debate rages on in the U.S. as laws regulating women’s access to abortion flip in each state. In what direction is the country headed on its abortion policies – diminishing options state by state, or access for all?
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Episode 4 - The Storm
Release Date: 2005-11-22In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FRONTLINE will produce a documentary special that investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast. Veteran FRONTLINE producer/reporter Martin Smith will lead a team to ask hard questions about the decisions leading up to the disaster and beyond.
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Episode 5 - Country Boys, Part 1
Release Date: 2006-01-09 -
Episode 6 - Country Boys: Part 2
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Episode 7 - Country Boys: Part 3
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Episode 8 - Sex Slaves
Release Date: 2006-02-07Hidden cameras trail "Olga" as she takes the women from the port of Odessa to Istanbul and then to a parking lot in the Aksaray district where the women are sold. An undercover journey deep into the world of sex trafficking, following one man determined to rescue his wife -- kidnapped and sold into the global sex trade.
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Episode 9 - The Meth Epidemic
Release Date: 2006-02-14Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among West Coast motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has spread across the United States, and despite lawmakers' calls for action, the drug is now more potent, and more destructive, than at any time in the past decade. In The Meth Epidemic, FRONTLINE, in association with The Oregonian, investigates the meth rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficulty of controlling an essential ingredient in meth—ephedrine and pseudoephedrine—sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.
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Episode 10 - The Insurgency
Release Date: 2006-02-21 -
Episode 11 - The Tank Man
Release Date: 2006-04-1117 years later, what does he mean for a China that today is a global economic powerhouse and now hosts the 2008 Olympics?
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Episode 12 - Can You Afford to Retire?
Release Date: 2006-05-16There have always been rumors about disappearing social security, but now the U.S faces a real risk of dried up dollars. With vanishing pensions and faltering 401(k) plans, are middle class Americans facing a rough ride in their retirement years?
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Episode 13 - The Age of AIDS (1)
Release Date: 2006-05-30 -
Episode 14 - The Age of AIDS (2)
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Episode 15 - The Dark Side
Release Date: 2006-06-20