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Dec. 16, 1987
Apartheid Part 5: 1987
(60 minutes) Part 5 looks at an unprecedented meeting in the struggle for South Africa's future. Two years before the release of Nelson Mandela, dissident white Afrikaners ... (more)
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Dec. 15, 1987
Apartheid Part 4: 1978-1986
(60 minutes) When PW Botha became prime minister of South Africa two years after the Soweto uprising in 1976, he realized that apartheid must 'adapt or die.' ... (more)
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Dec. 15, 1987
Apartheid Part 3: 1963-1977
(60 minutes) 'Independent homelands' for blacks was the centerpiece of Prime Minister Hendrick Verwoerd's vision of apartheid. Part 3 focuses on how the white government found African ... (more)
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Dec. 14, 1987
Apartheid Part 2: 1948-1963
(60 minutes) Part 2 details the new policy which included classifying all South Africans by race, removing blacks from cities where many had lived for generations, and ... (more)
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Dec. 14, 1987
Apartheid Part 1: 1652-1948
(60 minutes) Many white South Africans claim that the entire country is theirs by right. No black man, they say, occupied South Africa before the first tiny ... (more)
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Jun. 23, 1987
The Politics of Greed
(60 minutes) As corruption scandals rock New York City, the careers of dozens of high officials are being destroyed. Frontline takes an inside look at the seamy ... (more)
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Jun. 16, 1987
Keeping the Faith
(60 minutes) The black church was once the soul of its community. It was a rallying point and a force for change. Now, as the black middle ... (more)
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Jun. 09, 1987
Death of a Porn Queen
(60 minutes) She was from Minnesota. Young, pretty, and fresh. She went to Hollywood in search of a dream and found herself in X-rated movies, on drugs, ... (more)
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Jun. 02, 1987
Israel: The Price of Victory
(60 minutes) The Six Day War was a decisive victory for Israel. But many Israelis feel that something has gone wrong. On the war's twentieth anniversary, Frontline ... (more)
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May. 26, 1987
In Search of the Marcos Millions
(60 minutes) The day Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos fled the Philippines in 1986, they left with $8.9 million in jewelry, cash, and bonds. But the Philippine government ... (more)
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May. 05, 1987
The Bombing of West Philly
(60 minutes) 'I could hear the bullets all around me, hitting all around the house. I was forced back by gunfire,' says Ramona Africa, the only adult ... (more)
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Apr. 21, 1987
War on Nicaragua
(60 minutes) As the Iran-contra scandal was still unfolding, Frontline correspondent William Greider revealed how the US began supporting the contras in Nicaragua and why our involvement ... (more)
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Apr. 14, 1987
The Secret File
(60 minutes) How could an ordinary citizen be considered a national security risk? Penn Kimball, a university professor, former New York Times editor, Rhodes scholar, and Eagle ... (more)
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Mar. 31, 1987
Street Cop
(60 minutes) Frontline takes a gritty look at street cops. In Boston's busiest, most violent police district, they confront the never-ending calls for help and the never-ending ... (more)
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Mar. 03, 1987
Desperately Seeking Baby
(60 minutes) Two million American couples desperately want babies and can't have them. They are turning to private adoption deals brokered by lawyers and counselors. Sometimes they ... (more)
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Feb. 24, 1987
The Nazi Connection
(60 minutes) German scientists were responsible for putting the first American on the moon. Now, 15 years later, government investigators are asking whether some of them were ... (more)
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Feb. 17, 1987
Stopping Drugs
(60 minutes) A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of four addicts trying to kick the habit and the ... (more)
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Feb. 10, 1987
Stopping Drugs
(60 minutes) A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of addicts trying to kick the habit and the ... (more)
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Feb. 03, 1987
The Earthquake is Coming
(60 minutes) Frontline examines the startling implications of what will happen when the big earthquake hits California, detailing the awesome effects as systems rupture and the entire ... (more)
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Jan. 27, 1987
The Real Stuff
(60 minutes) One year after the Challenger disaster, Frontline examined the all-too-human side of the space program as seen through the eyes of the astronauts and engineers ... (more)
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