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Previous Reports: 1997


BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE

Nov. 18, 1997

The Princess and the Press
(90 minutes) The day Princess Diana died in Paris, her brother, Earl Spencer, blamed the media for her death. FRONTLINE examines how the Royal Family's relationship with ... (more)

Nov. 11, 1997

A Whale of a Business
(60 minutes) America's marine theme parks are big business, attracting twenty million visitors each year. FRONTLINE examines the money, power, and politics of the captive marine mammal ... (more)

Oct. 28, 1997

Dreams of Tibet
(60 minutes) Journalist and China-watcher Orville Schell, who traveled secretly to Tibet for FRONTLINE in 1994, returns to a story that won't go away. Broadcast on the ... (more)

Oct. 21, 1997

Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein
(120 minutes) FRONTLINE examines the secret history of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and its equally formidable political arm, Sinn Fein, which have waged a bloody campaign ... (more)

Oct. 14, 1997

The Lost American
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE explores the extraordinary life and mysterious disappearance of Fred Cuny, a passionate humanitarian and global trouble-shooter who traveled from Biafra to Bosnia, bringing hope ... (more)

Oct. 07, 1997

Once Upon A Time in Arkansas
(60 minutes) As charges and countercharges surrounding Arkansas business deals plague the White House, and are the focus of independent counsel Kenneth Starr, FRONTLINE takes a close ... (more)

Jun. 17, 1997

Nazi Gold
(60 minutes) It may be the final tragedy of the Holocaust. For years, many survivors and their families have tried in vain to collect assets deposited in ... (more)

Jun. 10, 1997

Easy Money
(60 minutes) Casino gambling -- once the domain of mobsters and hustlers -- has emerged as one of the most popular forms of adult entertainment. Since 1992, ... (more)

Jun. 03, 1997

Hot Guns
(60 minutes) Two years ago, Evelyn Garcia was shot to death. Police arrested her husband -- a twice convicted felon -- but when they tried to trace ... (more)

May. 27, 1997

Innocence Lost: The Plea
(120 minutes) FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel revisits the defendants in the Little Rascals Day Care sexual abuse case and reports on how each of them, while accused ... (more)

May. 20, 1997

The Opium Kings
(60 minutes) In a journalistic odyssey of more than three decades, filmmaker Adrian Cowell ventures into a remote corner of Burma known as Shan State, where much ... (more)

May. 13, 1997

Little Criminals
(60 minutes) It was an unthinkable crime. In California, a six-year-old boy entered the home of a neighbor to steal a tricycle and savagely beat Ignacio Bermudez, ... (more)

Apr. 22, 1997

Nuclear Reaction
(60 minutes) Since 1978, no new nuclear power stations have been commissioned in the United States. Americans, once enthusiastic about nuclear power, now consider it one of ... (more)

Apr. 15, 1997

The Fixers
(60 minutes) As campaign finance scandals dominate the headlines, FRONTLINE correspondent Peter Boyer follows the story of how easily small-time political operators Nora and Gene Lum have ... (more)

Apr. 08, 1997

Murder, Money, and Mexico
(60 minutes) For six years, Carlos and Raul Salinas ruled Mexico -- Carlos as president, his brother Raul as his political fixer. The brothers convinced Washington, Wall ... (more)

Apr. 01, 1997

Valentina's Nightmare
(60 minutes) Four days after the slaughter of her village, Valentina, a thirteen-year-old Tutsi girl, lay hidden among the corpses of her family and neighbors, her machete ... (more)

Feb. 25, 1997

What Jennifer Saw
(60 minutes) Identified by the victim, Ronald Cotton spent eleven years in prison for rape. But in 1995, DNA evidence proved Cotton could not have been the ... (more)

Jan. 21, 1997

Six O'Clock News
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE showcases the latest work of filmmaker Ross McElwee, producer of the widely acclaimed 'Sherman's March' and 'Time Indefinite.' In Six O'clock News,' McElwee and ... (more)

Jan. 14, 1997

Betting on the Market
(60 minutes) For fourteen years, Wall Street has produced record gains and has been embraced by America as the place where hopes and dreams can be realized ... (more)