Frontline
Season 17
199819 episodes
Episode 1
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1)
Sep 21, 1998
The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."
Episode 2
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2)
Sep 22, 1998
The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."
Episode 3
The Farmer's Wife, Part 3
Sep 23, 19982h 21m
In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to work for another farmer to make enough money to feed his family, and the stress and exhaustion cause him to explode. In December, Juanita takes the girls and leaves for a week--it has a deep and profound effect on Darrel. Two months later, the marriage that had seemed almost doomed is miraculously transformed. Through counseling, Darrel learns to deal with his anger and undergoes extraordinary personal growth. Now he is the at-home parent, farming and caring for his three daughters. Juanita, who has earned a college degree, works at a respected crop insurance company in town, helping other farmers. In the end, through faith, hope, and hard work, the Buschkoetters save their farm and rediscover the love that holds them together.
Episode 4
Ambush in Mogadishu
Sep 29, 1998
Episode 5
Washington's Other Scandal
Oct 6, 199856m
"Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTLINE shows how both political parties, cynically and shamelessly, contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election.
Episode 6
Plague War
Oct 13, 1998
FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union's enormous covert bio-weapons program which went undetected for almost two decades.
Episode 7
The Child Terror
Oct 27, 1998
In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial consequences of the nation's 15-year legal battle against child sexual abuse. During the 1980s, Miami became ground zero in the crusade to prosecute child molesters. Many high-profile cases were prosecuted by the office of then-chief prosecutor Janet Reno who pioneered a national effort to bring child molesters to justice. Now, however, some of these cases are unraveling. In this report, FRONTLINE deconstructs two of the them, probing what went wrong.
Episode 8
Fat
Nov 3, 1998
Episode 9
Snitch
Jan 12, 1999
Episode 10
The Triumph of Evil
Jan 26, 1999
Episode 11
The Execution
Feb 9, 1999
Episode 12
Russian Roulette
Feb 23, 1999
Episode 13
Hunting Bin Laden
Apr 13, 1999
For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.
Episode 14
Spying on Saddam
Apr 27, 1999
Episode 15
Give War a Chance
May 11, 1999
Episode 16
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
May 25, 19991h 51m
An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.
Episode 17
Making Babies
Jun 1, 1999
Episode 18
Pop
Jun 22, 1999
Episode 19
The Crash
Jun 29, 1999