reports Social Issues / Race / Religion
REPORTS BY SUBJECT Feb. 03, 1998
My Retirement Dreams
(60 minutes) 'I began my journey as a voyeur in the landscape of old age, but when it was over I was an insider,' says FRONTLINE producer ... (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. 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)
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)
Nov. 26, 1996
Secret Daughter
(150 minutes) FRONTLINE producer June Cross tells the intricate story of her own family through the prism of the changing face of race relations in America. Cross, ... (more)
Oct. 22, 1996
Why America Hates the Press
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE offers a tough, insider's examination of the culture and tactics of the national press corps. With public respect for the press at an all-time ... (more)
May. 21, 1996
Does America Still Work?
(60 minutes) At the height of the Rust Belt primaries, FRONTLINE goes to Wisconsin where presidential candidates tap the deep-seated anxiety and insecurity that fuels tensions between ... (more)
May. 14, 1996
The Kevorkian Verdict
(60 minutes) As Dr. Jack Kevorkian faces his third criminal trial for assisting in the suicide of his desperate patients, FRONTLINE examines the improbable saga of 'Dr. ... (more)
Apr. 30, 1996
The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson
(90 minutes) Through five decades, Jesse Jackson has been trying to realize the promise of his own potential he first embraced as a boy in segregated Greenville, ... (more)
Apr. 17, 1996
Shtetl
(180 minutes) To commemorate National Holocaust Remembrance Week, FRONTLINE travels back in time to a family shtetl, a small village in Bransk, Poland, with producer Marian Marzynski. ... (more)
Apr. 02, 1996
Smoke in the Eye
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE investigates the war between network news and the tobacco industry in the wake of the $10 billion libel suit against ABC and the controversial ... (more)
Feb. 06, 1996
Murder on 'Abortion Row'
(120 minutes) Airing as his trial begins, FRONTLINE follows the intersecting lives of twenty-two-year-old antiabortionist, John Salvi III, charged with murder in the armed attacks on two ... (more)
Dec. 12, 1995
Living on the Edge
(60 minutes) Bill Moyers tells the story of several hardworking Milwaukee families struggling with low-paying jobs after previous employers downsized their operations. Filmed over a period ... (more)
Oct. 31, 1995
High Stakes in Cyberspace
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE boldly goes where no one has gone before--tracking the new land rush to stake claims in cyberspace and asking hard questions about the optimistic ... (more)
Oct. 24, 1995
The Search for Satan
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance claims that escalated into millions of dollars. Were these professed victims ... (more)
Jun. 06, 1995
Welcome to Happy Valley
(60 minutes) Prozac is the most prescribed antidepressant drug in America. FRONTLINE travels to the prozac capital of the world, Wenatchee, Washington, and talks to the ... (more)
May. 23, 1995
The Confessions of RosaLee
(60 minutes) The Washington Post ran a week-long series of front-page articles about one Washington, D.C., resident and her family. Reporting on the interrelationships of poverty, ... (more)
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