reports Social Issues / Race / Religion
REPORTS BY SUBJECT Feb. 12, 1985
The Child Savers
(60 minutes) Over a million cases of child abuse were reported in 1984-and the figure is growing. Frontline follows a dedicated group of case workers from the ... (more)
Jan. 29, 1985
Shootout on Imperial Highway: Part 2
(60 minutes) The trial of gang members accused of conspiracy concludes this special two-part report. Through interviews in prison and inside the housing project where they live ... (more)
Jan. 22, 1985
Shootout on Imperial Highway: Part 1
(60 minutes) Seventy-two year-old James Hawkins,Sr. has turned his home and business into an armed camp. Living in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Hawkins is fighting ... (more)
Dec. 18, 1984
Marshall High Fights Back
(60 minutes) Marshall High School is one of the poorest in Chicago-both academically and economically. But it is fighting back, trying desperately to upgrade academic standards and ... (more)
Nov. 20, 1984
Better Off Dead?
(60 minutes) Frontline goes inside the hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face the agonizing choice: how far do we go with medical treatment for ... (more)
Oct. 30, 1984
Living Below the Line
(60 minutes) It could never happen to you. One day it happened to Farrell Stallings. After 28 years at the same job, he was laid off-a victim ... (more)
Oct. 23, 1984
Not One of the Boys
(60 minutes) As more women are voting and running for elected office, have the changed the face of American politics? Through the eyes of women as different ... (more)
Oct. 16, 1984
Welcome to America
(60 minutes) The bittersweet story of four unforgettable people who flee repression in Poland to find a better life in Chicago. They succeed, fail, fight, love, ... (more)
Jun. 18, 1984
Man's Best Friends
(60 minutes) Frontline examines the ethical arguments over the use of animal testing in American laboratories, hospitals, and medical schools. Some animal rights groups have even broken ... (more)
Jun. 04, 1984
Bread, Butter and Politics
(60 minutes) National attention has focused on hunger in America after a presidential commission and several private advocacy groups reported new findings. Frontline looks at what ... (more)
May. 21, 1984
Warning from Gangland
(60 minutes) In 1984, Los Angeles had the worst gang problem in the nation, and more than 1,000 people were killed in gang violence during the previous ... (more)
Apr. 02, 1984
The Struggle for Birmingham
(60 minutes) This special election report focuses on Birmingham, Alabama, which was a key battlefield in the black struggle for civil rights in the 1960's. Now, 20 ... (more)
Feb. 13, 1984
Give Me that Big Time Religion
(60 minutes) Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart's weekly ministry was seen by over two million people in big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada.But of ... (more)
Jul. 04, 1983
Sanctuary
(60 minutes) Frontline follows the journey of a Guatemalan family through the 'new undergrund railroad' and considers the plight of the people who seek refuge from governments ... (more)
Jun. 20, 1983
Who Decides Disability?
(60 minutes) Frontline investigates the Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from the Social Security disability rolls. Disabled people face personal hardship ... (more)
Jun. 13, 1983
The Russians Are Here
(60 minutes) During the previous decade, 100,000 Russians came to America to live. Here they found a more difficult freedom than Americans might imagine. Frontline's ... (more)
May. 02, 1983
Air Crash
(60 minutes) Frontline investigates the frightening aftermath of one of the worst air disasters in U.S. history-the June 9, 1982 crash of Pan Am flight 759 at ... (more)
Apr. 18, 1983
Abortion Clinic
(60 minutes) For the first time on American television, Frontline's cameras record the most intimate details and one of the most personal decisions a woman can make. ... (more)
Mar. 28, 1983
Daisy: Story of a Facelift
(60 minutes) Daisy is 55 and terrified of growing old. She feels she needs a facelift. From the moment of her decision, Frontline follows her ... (more)
Mar. 07, 1983
Children of Pride
(60 minutes) Kojo Odo, a 42 year-old single black man, took in his first child a decade ago-a 7 year old boy with his arm missing. ... (more)
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