previous reports: 1993

Behind the Badge
(60 minutes) In a year in which national attention has focused on police brutality trials in cities like Los Angeles, Detroit, and Miami, FRONTLINE crosses 'the blue ... (more)

AIDS, Blood and Politics
(60 minutes) Since the outbreak of AIDS more than a decade ago, an estimated 30,000 Americans have become infected after receiving HIV-contaminated blood or blood products. ... (more)

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(180 minutes) At the heart of the mystery of who killed John F. Kennedy lies the puzzle of Lee Harvey Oswald. Marking the thirtieth anniversary of ... (more)

Showdown in Haiti
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE examines the escalating confrontation between the Haitian military government and the Clinton administration. Interviewing military ruler Lt. General Raoul Cedras, exiled Haitian president ... (more)

Secrets of a Bomb Factory
(60 minutes) Wes McKinley didn't know what he was getting into when, in 1990, he was chosen as foreman of a special grand jury investigating potential crimes ... (more)

Prisoners of Silence
(60 minutes) Facilitated communication (FC) has been heralded as a breakthrough technique for nonverbal people with autism. The method uses a helper to control the involuntary ... (more)

The Heartbeat of America
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE opens its twelfth season with the story of General Motors--the world's largest industrial company and the symbol of corporate America's once golden age of ... (more)

Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts III and IV
(120 minutes) The Innocent Lost series continues, focusing on the testimony of the twelve children who took the stand, the questioning by prosecutors and defense attorneys, and ... (more)

Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts I and II
(120 minutes) In 1992, one of the largest child sexual abuse cases in the country concluded its first trial, sentencing Robert Fulton Kelly, owner of the Little ... (more)

The Health Care Gamble
(60 minutes) Frontline, in association with The Health Quarterly, presents a behind-the-scenes report on Bill Clinton's savvy campaigning and hard bargaining for health care reform during his ... (more)

Ashes of the Cold War
(60 minutes) Three hundred thousand defense jobs have been lost since cutbacks began in 1989 and 1.2 million are expected by the end of the decade. Frontline ... (more)

LA Is Burning: 5 Reports from a Divided City
(90 minutes) One year after Los Angeles' three days and nights of beatings, looting, and burning, how well do we understand what happened there-and why? Frontline revisits ... (more)

Iran and the Bomb
(60 minutes) With headlines focused on the United Nation's search and destroy missions inside Iraq, Frontline investigates how Iran is quietly rebuilding its national arsenal of weapons. ... (more)

The Trouble with Baseball
(60 minutes) As the 1993 baseball season begins, Frontline looks at the power struggle between the owners and players for economic control of Major League baseball and ... (more)

In Our Children's Food
(60 minutes) Frontline traces the 30 year history of US pesticide use, regulation and scientific study and explores what is and is not known about the risks ... (more)

Choosing Death: Health Quarterly Special
(120 minutes) In the Netherlands, euthanasia has been openly practiced for twenty years. Through the personal accounts of doctors, patients, and families in Holland, this program explores ... (more)

Apartheid's Last Stand
(60 minutes) Three years after Nelson Mandela's release from prison, talks between Mandela's African National Congress and the government of President FW de Klerk show signs of ... (more)

The Arming of Saudi Arabia
(60 minutes) Since 1979, the US has been helping Saudi Arabia contruct a sophisticated multibillion dollar network of military bases. Frontline uncovers the hidden history of US-Saudi ... (more)

The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover
(60 minutes) For nearly 50 years, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover amassed secret files on America's most prominent figures, files he used to smear and control presidents ... (more)

What Happened to the Drug War?
(60 minutes) The federal government's multibillion dollar war on drugs is an issue Bill Clinton largely ignored during his presidential campaign but will now have to confront. ... (more)

Journey to the Occupied Lands
(90 minutes) As the Arab-Israeli peace talks enter their 17th round of negotiations, Frontline examines the issue which holds the key to peace: the land of the ... (more)

Clinton Takes Over
(60 minutes) After the campaign rhetoric subsides, a new president has only eleven weeks to establish the form and substance of his administration. On the eve of ... (more)