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Frontline Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
Snitch
Tue, Jan 12, 199990 mins
A look at how the U.S. government relies on informants in drug prosecutions and how many minor offenders end up serving more severe prison sentences as a result.
Episode 2
The Triumph of Evil
Tue, Jan 26, 199960 mins
Circumstances around Rwanda genocide and the deaths of Belgian Nato soldiers.
Episode 3
The Execution
Tue, Feb 9, 199990 mins
Alan Austin set out to tell a story of Capital Punishment. Beginning in 1995 an analysis is made of several people on Death Row in Texas. Settling on the story of Clifford Boggess, his relatives and the relatives of those he murdered.
Episode 4
Russian Roulette
Tue, Feb 23, 199955 mins
This documentary looks at the safety and security of the Russian nuclear arsenal and early-warning systems after the collapse of the Soviet Union. America has spent over 2.5 billion dollars to help dismantle and secure nuclear weapons in the former republics of the Soviet Union, but Russia still has thousands of nuclear bombs and missiles on a 10-minute hair-trigger alert. The chaos caused by the fall of communism has affected all levels of the Russian nuclear establishment: systems are breaking down, soldiers and workers are going without pay, suicides are up, and accounting systems have perhaps lost track of dozens of 1-kiloton "suitcase bombs". The danger that disgruntled personnel may sell nuclear materials or weapons to terrorist organizations is illustrated by a 1997 U.S. Customs sting operation in Miami, in which arms smugglers boast that they can obtain a small nuclear device.
Episode 5
Hunting bin Laden
Tue, Apr 13, 1999
FRONTLINE's "Hunting Bin Laden," produced in collaboration with The New York Times, investigates Osama bin Laden, who is charged with masterminding 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa.
Episode 6
Spying on Saddam
Tue, Apr 27, 1999
In the wake of the first Gulf War in 1991, United Nations weapons inspectors, backed by the UN Security Council, moved aggressively to uncover and destroy Iraq's hidden arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, and to stop Saddam Hussein's nuclear development program. The film recounts the dramatic confrontations between UN inspectors and the Iraqi regime, and highlights key moments when the Iraqi regime's secrets were exposed. But as time goes on, and the world turns its attention elsewhere, the UNSCOM inspectors find themselves more isolated. The Iraqi regime thwarts ongoing inspections and by the end of 1998 they expel all the inspectors, leaving the world in a quandary about what WMD remnants may remain and whether Saddam might be able to reconstitute a nuclear bomb program.
Episode 7
Give War a Chance
Tue, May 11, 199960 mins
FRONTLINE explores bitter divide between military and civilian attitudes about where.
Episode 8
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
Tue, May 25, 199960 mins
FRONTLINE profiles most widely known and revered political leader in world--Nelson Mandela.
Episode 9
Making Babies
Tue, Jun 1, 199960 mins
FRONTLINE examines revolution in reproduction and entrepreneurial atmosphere that imbues practice of infertility medicine today.
Episode 10
Pop
Tue, Jun 22, 199979 mins
In his first film, acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz creates a poignant and indelible portrait of his father.
Episode 11
The Crash
Tue, Jun 29, 199960 mins
FRONTLINE explores global crisis that began as a real estate bust in Thailand and roared.
Episode 12
John Paul II: The Millennial Pope
Tue, Sep 28, 1999150 mins
FRONTLINE presents a comprehensive biography on world leader who has emerged as a man at war with twentieth century itself.
Episode 13
Secrets of the SAT
Tue, Oct 5, 199960 mins
How fair are standardized tests? What do they measure? And what's their impact on racial diversity on America's college campuses? FRONTLINE examines debate over fairness in college admissions.
Episode 14
Mafia Power Play
Tue, Oct 12, 199960 mins
Reveals the disturbing links between professional sports and international organized crime.
Episode 15
The Lost Children of Rockdale County
Tue, Oct 19, 199990 mins
Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of its teenagers and well-off community.
Episode 16
Apocalypse!
Mon, Nov 22, 1999120 mins
From Waco and Littleton to Y2K and global warming, as millennium approaches, we are bombarded by visions of apocalypse.
Episode 17
Justice for Sale
Tue, Nov 23, 199960 mins
An investigation of judicial elections and how the legal system and judicial fairness can be compromised by donors to campaigns.
