Frontline
Season 18
1999 • 16 Episodes
Episodes
1. John Paul II: the Millennial Pope
September 28, 1999
No overview available.
2. Secrets of the SAT
October 5, 1999
No overview available.
3. Mafia Power Play
October 12, 1999
No overview available.
4. The Lost Children of Rockdale County
October 19, 1999
Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines the link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of its teenagers and the well-off community in which they live. The film reveals a parent's worst nightmare--children as young as fourteen naming scores of sexual partners; others telling of binge drinking, drugs and sex parties. In a series of intertwining profiles, FRONTLINE uncovers the roots of the Conyers syphilis epidemic and reveals the turbulent psychology of America's suburban teenagers.
5. Apocalypse! (2)
November 22, 1999
No overview available.
6. Justice for Sale
November 23, 1999
No overview available.
7. The Case for Innocence
January 11, 2000
No overview available.
8. The Killer at Thurston High
January 18, 2000
FRONTLINE explores what led Kip Kinkel, a 15-year-old Oregon boy, to kill his parents and two classmates, and shoot and injure 25 others at his high school.
9. The Survival of Saddam
January 25, 2000
No overview available.
10. Assault on Gay America
February 15, 2000
No overview available.
11. War in Europe
February 22, 2000
No overview available.
12. Dr Solomon's Dilemma
April 4, 2000
No overview available.
13. What's Up With the Weather?
April 18, 2000
No overview available.
14. Jefferson's Blood
May 2, 2000
In "Jefferson's Blood," FRONTLINE correspondent Shelby Steele and producer Tom Lennon re-examine Jefferson's life, and piece together the little that can be known about Sally Hemings. Steele and Lennon also explore the repercussions of the Jefferson-Hemings relationship for the couple's modern-day descendants, many of whom are still attempting to find their place along America's blurred color line. "[Jefferson] spawned two lines of descendants--one legitimate, one not," Steele says in the documentary. "And this bastardized part of his family would be driven by a sense of incompleteness."
15. Return of the Czar
May 9, 2000
No overview available.
16. The Battle Over School Choice
May 23, 2000
During the election year of 2000, George Bush and Al Gore battled over issues regarding education. This program explores the heated political debate over the reform of public education and investigates the spectrum of "school choice" options, from vouchers to charter schools to for-profit academies