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Jan 28, 2020
01/20
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William Cran, Stephanie Tepper, Judy Woodruff, PBS Video., WGBH Educational Foundation.
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favorite 4
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Traces the life of Mairead Farrell, her involvement with the Irish Republican Army, and her death as a suspected terrorist.
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Topic: frontline (television program)
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Jan 3, 2021
01/21
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Jessica Savitch, WGBH Educational Foundation
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Before President Reagan introduced Star Wars, Frontline examined how in the previous 25 years the US and the Soviet Union had gone from designing satellites to designing weapons to blast them out of the sky. The superpowers were converting space from an arena for communications, to a concept of space as ‘high ground,’ the battle area to control.
Topic: frontline (television program)
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Jan 28, 2020
01/20
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Thomas F Lennon, Documentary Consortium., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video.
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eye 158
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Tells how Matsushita became the largest consumer electronics company in the world and conquered the American television industry. Explores some of the larger moral and cultural issues that confront Japan as it expands rapidly abroad.
Topic: frontline (television program)
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Oct 26, 2019
10/19
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Stephanie Tepper, Trevor Howard, WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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A documentary on Nazi Germany, the Jews, and the horrors of the concentration camps
Topic: frontline (television program)
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Jan 28, 2020
01/20
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Sherry Jones, Foster Wiley, Wil Lyman, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Washington Media Associates.
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Profile of the life of the nuclear physicist who became a human-rights advocate and the father of the Soviet democracy movement. With access to Sakharov's family and friends, the film documents his life, which spanned seven decades of Communist rule in the U.S.S.R., and traces his struggle to teach his country and the world important lessons about the moral power of the human spirit.
Topic: frontline (television program)
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Jan 28, 2020
01/20
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Judy Woodruff, KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.), WGBH Educational Foundation.
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With more and more American contracting AIDS, the cost of treatment is beginning to overwhelm government agencies. By 1991, the bill for caring for people with AIDS could climb to nearly 10 billion dollars a year. At least half that bill will be paid by taxpayers. This program examines the predicament of people with AIDS. Unable to handle skyrocketing medical expenses after losing their jobs and their health insurance, many must turn to the government for assistance. It looks at overburdened...
Topic: frontline (television program)
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Oct 19, 2019
10/19
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Elizabeth Arledge, Judy Woodruff, Lary Lewman, Jim Astrausky, Bill McMillin, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video.
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Infertile couples desperately seeking white, healthy babies turn to private adoption firms. Strategies include informal pre-birth arrangements with prospective mothers, who may later change their minds. The scene can then shift to the courtroom. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS Host, Judy Woodruff ; narrator, Lary Lewman Editor, Jim Astrausky ; camera, Bill McMillin Originally broadcast Mar. 3, 1987 as an episode of the television program: Frontline
Topics: frontline (television program), Adoption
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Mar 2, 2020
03/20
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PBS Video.
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Facilitated communication (FC), a controversial, new technique which is profoundly altering the lives of people with autism and their families. Heralded by many as a breakthrough technique for communicating with nonverbal people with autism, it is being rejected by many scientists as simply not real. 1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1/2 in General public Produced jointly by KCTS Seattle, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit and WGBH Boston. Hosted by Judy Woodruff Originally broadcast as an...
Topics: frontline (television program), Autism
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Feb 14, 2020
02/20
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Robert Thurber, Judy Woodruff, PBS Video.
movies
eye 169
favorite 2
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Describes six individuals residing at Central Manor, a half way house in St. Paul, Minn. Their personal stories are told, describing the type of mental illness and likelihood of recovery. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in General public Produced jointly by KCTS Seattle, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit and WGBH Boston. Hosted by Judy Woodruff Originally broadcast as an episode of Frontline Host, Judy Woodruff
Topics: frontline (television program), Mental illness
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Dec 12, 2019
12/19
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WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 150
favorite 2
comment 0
Examines the struggle between politicians, plant executives, chemical manufacturers, and concerned environmentalists who fear the plants are jeopardizing Calvert City citizens' lives, but who also insist that a pollution panic has been stirred up that could ruin Calvert City's economic future. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Frontline Presenter: Judy Woodruff Reporter, Michael Mierendorf
Topics: frontline (television program), Pollution, Environmental health
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Dec 2, 2019
12/19
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Judy Woodruff, Gary Wills, Godfrey Hodgson, Martin Smith, WGBH Educational Foundation., Martin Smith Productions., Brooks Production., Public television Videocassette Service (PBS), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 226
favorite 4
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A look back over the long life and unusual career of Ronald Reagan. The first two term President in a generation, he left Washington more popular than when he arrived. 1 videocassette (90 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format "FRON701K." On container: Produced by the Documentary Consortium of public television stations (KCTS Seattle, WGBH Boston, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit) Director, Prudence Arndt ; producer, Martin Smith; associate producer, Bruce Alfred ; written by Garry Wills,...
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Topics: frontline (television program), Documentary television programs
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Jan 5, 2021
01/21
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Antony Thomas 1940-, WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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Frontline examines how the diet industry is contributing to our frustration over unwanted pounds and asks if one can be healthy, fit, beautiful - and fat 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in VHS Written, produced and directed by Antony Thomas ; narrated by Antony Thomas ; co-producer, Carleen Ling-An-Hsu; editors, Barry Reynolds, McDonald Brown; director of photography, Jonathan Partridge Narrated by Antony Thomas
Topics: frontline (television program), Obesity, Diet in disease
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Sep 14, 2019
09/19
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David Fanning, Steve York, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation.
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eye 108
favorite 2
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Two men, an Arab and an Israeli, born 30 miles apart, journey to America to project the message that dialogue between West Bank Arabs and Israelis is possible, and that a solution for the West Bank can be found. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in Executive producer, David Fanning; written, produced and directed by Steve York Judy Woodruff Will Lyman
Topics: frontline (television program), Jewish-Arab relations, Palestinian Arabs
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Oct 14, 2019
10/19
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William Cran, Stephanie Tepper, Janet McFadden, Judy Woodruff, Frederick Hauch, Robert Gibson, WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video.
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eye 162
favorite 2
comment 0
Highlights the risks involved in space shuttle flights. Presents discussions with various astronauts about their feelings and reactions before, during and after shuttle flights. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS Narrator, Judy Woodruff ; Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Col. Roy Bridges, Joe Allen, Robert "Hoot" Gibson, Richard Covey, Steven Hawley Director and producer, William Cran, Stephanie Tepper, Janet McFadden; correspondent, James Reston, Jr.; cinematography, Ray...
Topics: frontline (television program), Space shuttles -- Observations, Space shuttles
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Oct 8, 2019
10/19
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Judy Woodruff, Janet McFadden, Marc Levin, PBS Video, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
movies
eye 201
favorite 1
comment 0
From the Frontline series. Looks at the ongoing debate of jurists having the power to disregard the law. Documents a jury deliberation (twelve men and women) as they decide the fate of justice in the case of Leroy Reed. In Georgia, Indiana, and Maryland, judges are obliged to inform juries that they may follow their own consciences. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in Producer/Director, Janet McFadden ; Director & Editor, Marc Levin
Topics: frontline (television program), Jury -- United States, Jury, United States
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Dec 14, 2019
12/19
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Judy Woodruff, James Reston Jr.,, MARZ Associates., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video., Documentary Consortium., WGBH Educational Foundation.
movies
eye 186
favorite 3
comment 0
Discusses why people play lotteries, the amount of money brought in by lotteries, and people's opinions of lotteries. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS "A presentation of KCTS Seattle, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit, and WGBH Boston." Frontline is produced for the Documentary Consortium by WGBH-Boston Copyright held by the WGBH Educational Foundation Writer and producer, Marian Marzynski Reported by James Reston, jr. ; host, Judy Woodruff Originally broadcast as an...
Topics: frontline (television program), Lotteries -- United States, Lotteries, United States
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Sep 25, 2019
09/19
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Judy Woodruff, Greg Pratt, Paul Henschel, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation., WCCO (Television station : Minneapolis, Minn.)
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eye 284
favorite 0
comment 0
A view of Vietnam ten years after the end of the Vietnamese War which chronicles the accomplishments as well as the problems facing the people of this land. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Segment from the television program: Frontline Written and directed by Greg Pratt ; narrated by Will Lyman Hos: Judy Woodruff Narrator: Will Lyman
Topics: frontline (television program), Social conditions, Vietnam, Vietnam -- Social conditions
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Oct 14, 2019
10/19
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Judy Woodruff, WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video.
movies
eye 184
favorite 1
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Presents a scientific scenario that experts project as the result of a major shift in the San Andreas fault. Examines the awesome effects and implications of a major California earthquake. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : 1/2 in
Topics: frontline (television program), Earthquake prediction, Earthquakes -- California, Earthquakes,...
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Feb 25, 2020
02/20
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DeWitt L Sage, Will Lyman, PBS Video., WGBH Educational Foundation.
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favorite 2
comment 0
Examines the puzzling mental disease of schizophrenia and factors that may have a role in its cause. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format [NTSC] Videocassette release of a program broadcast on December 28, 1993 "Previously broadcast on December 29, 1992." "FRON903K." Executive producer, David Fanning ; producer/writer, DeWitt Sage, Jr. ; director of photography, David Leitner ; narrator, Will Lyman
Topics: frontline (television program), Documentary films, Schizophrenia -- Case studies, Schizophrenia
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Oct 26, 2019
10/19
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WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 195
favorite 2
comment 0
This documentary examines a generation of children who are raised in poverty and who need more help than the government can provide. Shot in Chester, Pa. it shows how a community nurse and other professionals try to help. 1 videocassette (60 min.) (VHS) : 1/2 in Off-air licensing rights through the Television Licensing Center "FRON403K." Producer, Edward Gray ; director, Mark Obenhaus
Topics: frontline (television program), Poverty, Poor, Poor children, Teenage pregnancy
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Feb 17, 2020
02/20
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KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.), PBS Video.
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comment 0
Teachers discuss issues and problems of their profession and the role and value of teachers in society. 1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Originally broadcast on television series Frontline Judy Woodruff Will Lyman Container title: Frontline: teacher, teacher Written, produced, and directed by Robert Thurber
Topics: frontline (television program), Teachers, Education -- United States, Education, United States
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Oct 6, 2019
10/19
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Kinoy, Peter
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eye 168
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This program looks at the two world bank systems originally set up after World War II for governments that needed short or long term loans, and at the economic and environmental problems the two systems are experiencing today. 1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.) : 1/2 in Edited by Peter Kinoy and Tom Crawford ; written by Peter Conoy
Topics: frontline (television program), Monetary policy, Banks and banking, International finance
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Dec 12, 2019
12/19
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Alex Gibney, Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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favorite 2
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Details the progression of events leading up to the hostile takeover of Eastern Airlines. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : 1/2 in Host, Judy Woodruff Writer/producer/director, Alex Gibney Originally produced for the television program Frontline FRON703K
Topics: frontline (television program), Eastern Air Lines, Airlines -- Deregulation, Airlines -- Management
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Oct 27, 2019
10/19
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Judy Woodruff, Alan Austin, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video., WGBH Educational Foundation., WCCO-TV (Television station : Minneapolis, Minn.), Documentary Consortium.
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eye 2,689
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The short, tragic odyssey of Colleen Applegate, who left Minnesota at 18, became porn star Shauna Grant, and killed herself at age 20. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in Host, Judy Woodruff; narrator, Al Austin Segment from the television program Frontline Closed captioned for the hearing impaired VHS "FRON513K."
Topics: frontline (television program), Suicide, Pornography, Films for the hearing impaired
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Mar 15, 2020
03/20
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Madison Davis Lacy, Center for Investigative Reporting (U.S.)
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Explores the issue of race and credit. Do our financial institutions avoid lending because of color? 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in Bill Schechner Camera, Mark Falstad, Gino Bruno ; editor, Wendy Wank Aired on Frontline June 23, 1992 VHS "FROLO23"--Container
Topics: frontline (television program), Discrimination in consumer credit, Discrimination against African...
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Jan 4, 2021
01/21
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Neil Docherty, Renata Simone, Linden MacIntyre, Robert Dalva, Steve Audette, John Griffin, Colin Allison, Bill McMillan, Mason Daring, Martin Brody 1949-, PBS Video.
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Examines the money, power, and politics of the captive marine mammal industry through the story of Keiko, the killer whale star of Hollywood's Free Willy. The film traces Keiko's fourteen years in captivity, examines the capture, transport, and treatment of marine mammals, and explores the human understanding of and relationship with these large creatures. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in Originally broadcast as an episode of Frontline Closed captioning for the hearing impaired...
Topics: frontline (television program), Whales, Captive marine mammals, Films for the hearing impaired
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Sep 17, 2019
09/19
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Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video.
movies
eye 488
favorite 2
comment 0
Are large numbers of Americans going to bed hungry as they did before the huge increases in federal food programs a decade ago? This documentary investigates hunger as a controversial political issue during the Reagan administration. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in Judy Woodruff Photographer, Bob Perrin ; editor, John J. Custodio Broadcase over PBS as a segment of: Frontline Winner of the grand prize, 1985 Robert F. Kennedy journalism award Issued also as U-matic 3/4 in. or Beta 1/2...
Topics: frontline (television program), Hunger -- United States, Poor -- United States, Hunger, Poor,...
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Mar 16, 2020
03/20
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WGBH Educational Foundation
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Story of a woman and his psychiatrist, their sexual involvement, and the ethical and legal tangle that follow. 1 videocassette (88 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Originally shown on Nov. 12, 1991 on the television program: Frontline Producer, Virginia Storring ; writer/director, John Zaritsky ; narrator, Will Lyman "FROL005." Narrator, Will Lyman
Topics: frontline (television program), Psychotherapist and patient, Psychotherapists -- Sexual behavior,...
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Oct 6, 2019
10/19
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Stephanie Tepper, David Fanning, Judy Woodruff, John Laurence, Network Features Incorporated., PBS Video., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
movies
eye 216
favorite 5
comment 0
A documentary on terrorism, focusing on Iran's revolutionary Shiites. Discussion centers on the war they are fighting in the gulf, their involvement with terrorism, and their religious creed. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in "From the Network of Public Television stations, KCTS/Seattle, WNET/New York, WPBT/Miami, WTVS/Detroit, WGBH/Boston/"--Voiceover Host, Judy Woodruff; correspondent, John Laurence Executive producer, David Fanning; cinematographers, Joe Vitagliano, Roy Page,...
Topics: frontline (television program), Terrorism -- Iran, Shiites -- Iran, Documentary television...
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Sep 1, 2020
09/20
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Ofra Bikel, Rachel Dretzin Goodman, Ofra Bikel Productions., WGBH Educational Foundation., Documentary Consortium., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 163
favorite 4
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FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance claims that escalated into millions of dollars. Were these professed victims of secret satanic cults really helped by the psychiatric care they received? 1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1/2 in VHS, NTSC Originally aired on October 24, 1995 Originally produced as an episode of the documentary television program Frontline in 1995 "#1402"--Cassette label "#1402K"--Opening credits...
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Topics: frontline (television program), Ritual abuse victims -- Rehabilitation, Satanism -- Psychological...
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Mar 11, 2020
03/20
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PBS Video., Ofra Bikel Productions Corporation., WGBH Educational Foundation
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eye 150
favorite 1
comment 0
In January of 1989, the North Carolina Department of Social Services informed Bob and Betsy Kelly it had received complaints that Bob Kelly had sexually abused several children at Little Rascals, the day care center they were running. This program is a sequel to the 1990 program, Innocence Lost. It examines the tangled history of the investigation and nine month trial, which has consumed a small southern town and irreparably shattered lives, friendships and reputations. 2 videocassettes (240...
Topics: frontline (television program), Child abuse -- North Carolina -- Edenton, Child abuse, North...
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Mar 16, 2020
03/20
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Ofra Bikel, Ofra Bikel Productions Corporation., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation.
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eye 156
favorite 2
comment 0
In January of 1989, the North Carolina Department of Social Services informed Bob and Betsy Kelly it had received complaints that Bob Kelly had sexually abused several children at Little Rascals, the day care center they were running. This program examines the tangled history of the investigation and the poisoned atmosphere which has consumed a small southern town and irreparably shattered lives, friendships and reputations. 1 videocassette (120 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Videocassette release...
Topics: frontline (television program), Child abuse -- North Carolina -- Edenton, Child abuse, North...
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Feb 21, 2020
02/20
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Nick Kotz, Center for Investigative Reporting (U.S.), PBS Video
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comment 0
Reveals the limits of American government showing what is possible and not possible in today's Washington. Where is our national energy policy? 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in. + VHS Broadcast October 20, 1992 on PBS as a segment of: Frontline Producer, Jan Legnitto ; camera, Gino Bruno ; narrator, Will Lyman Correspondent: Nick Kotz
Topics: frontline (television program), Politics and government, United States -- Politics and government...
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Nov 23, 2020
11/20
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June Cross, John Baynard, Jean-Philippe Boucicaut, WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video.
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eye 55
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comment 0
Cross tells the story of her own family through the prism of the changing face of race relations in America. Cross, born to a white mother and an African-American father in the early 1950s, was given away by her mother to live with a black family in Atlantic City when she was four. This FRONTLINE takes viewers on a journey across the racial divide and into the relationship between a daughter and the mother who gave her away. 1 videocassette (117 min.) : 1/2 in Originally broadcast on the...
Topics: frontline (television program), Cross, June, Race relations, Adoption, Parent and child, Racially...
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Nov 17, 2019
11/19
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Alan Austin, Oregon Public Broadcasting., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Documentary Consortium.
movies
eye 114
favorite 0
comment 0
Alan Austin travels to different parts of the globe to examine commercial fishing. The program outlines how the use of driftnets and large fish processing fleets are depleting the fish supply and killing other sea life, and what measures are being taken to curtail or eliminate these techniques. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS "FRON920K." Videocassette release of the television program Frontline, originally broadcast May 21, 1991 Reported by: Alan Austin Producer, Steve Amen ;...
Topics: frontline (television program), Fishery management, International, Fishery policy, Fishing nets --...
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Feb 20, 2020
02/20
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Hector Galan, PBS Video., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 120
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comment 0
Discusses child welfare and foster care, especially in Arkansas. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS FROLO19 Originally a broadcast of the television new program: Frontline in 1992 Editor, Hector Galan ; narrator, Will Lyman ; camera, Joseph Tovares, Tom Taylor
Topics: frontline (television program), Child welfare -- Arkansas, Foster children -- Arkansas, Child...
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Mar 31, 2020
03/20
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Saddam Hussein, Hodding Carter, Films Incorporated., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service., Public Media Films, Inc. Video., Documentary Consortium., Iraq. President (1979- : Hussein)
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eye 168
favorite 4
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Frontline investigates the personal and political history of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Through interviews with Hussein’s former neighbors, members of his government, military leaders, journalists, and Middle East experts, correspondent Hodding Carter reveals the fears, the passions, and the intellect of the man behind the demonic image. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in "0826 - 9005." Videocassette release of television program Frontline "A BBC-TV production in...
Topics: frontline (television program), Documentary television programs, Politics and government, Iraq --...
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Dec 12, 2019
12/19
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WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 148
favorite 2
comment 0
In the 1960s, thalidomide was a highly touted wonder drug prescribed as a sedative for pregnant women. This program tells the story of the devastating side effects of thalidomide by profiling the lives of three courageous Canadian men, former thalidomide babies, who have overcome tremendous physical limitations, emotional trauma and social repression. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Segment of television program: Frontline "Frontline is produced for the Documentary Consortium...
Topics: frontline (television program), People with disabilities -- Canada, Thalidomide -- Side effects,...
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Sep 17, 2019
09/19
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PBS Video, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Judy Woodruff
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eye 197
favorite 2
comment 0
An in-depth investigation of famine in Ethiopia, and the politics behind relief efforts by western nations. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in. Title from data sheet Narrator, Will Lyman ; sound, Christian Wangler, John Fitzpatrick ; editor, David Leighton, Tricia Cahalan Osborne ; associate producer, Alice Markowitz, Gail Ringel ; camera, John Gordon Presenter, Judy Woodruff ; narrator, Will Lyman
Topics: frontline (television program), Famines, Politics and government, Ethiopia -- Famines, Ethiopia --...
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Jun 18, 2020
06/20
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Paul Sapin, Marc Etkind, Will Lyman, British Broadcasting Corporation., Documentary Consortium., PBS Video.
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comment 0
Travel to the Prozac capital of the world, Wenatchee, Washington, and examine the philosophical and societal implications of Prozac, the most prescribed antidepressant in America. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1/2 in VHS Closed captioned Camera, Bill Megalos ... (et al.); editor, Bernice Schneider; narrator, Will Lyman Originally broadcast June 6, 1995 as a segment of: Frontline
Topics: frontline (television program), Fluoxetine, Antidepressants, Films for the hearing impaired,...
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Dec 2, 2019
12/19
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Gary Hart, Public Broadcasting System., WGBH Educational Foundation., Washington Media Associates, PBS Video, Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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Presents an inside view of the political process in the quest for the presidency, focusing on the 1984 campaign of Gary Hart. 1 videocassette (100 min.) : 1/2 in Presents an inside view of the political process in the quest for the presidency, focusing on the 1984 campaign of Gary Hart Producer-Director, Sherry Jones Judy Woodruff VHS format Title on container: Frontline: "So you want to be president."
Topics: frontline (television program), Presidents -- United States -- Election, Elections -- United...
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Jan 15, 2021
01/21
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Jessica Savitch, Steve Weissman, Ian Morrison, WGBH Educational Foundation.
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comment 0
Tries to pierce the debate on the explosive issue of handgun control.
Topics: frontline (television program), Shotguns -- United States, Pistol shooting, Violence -- United...
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Oct 27, 2019
10/19
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video., Granada TV, Judy Woodruff
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favorite 2
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Details meeting of representatives of the African National Conference and an Afrikaner delegation. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : 1/2 in Host: Judy Woodruff Executive producer, David Fanning
Topics: frontline (television program), Apartheid -- South Africa, Afrikaners, Apartheid, Race relations,...
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Dec 13, 2019
12/19
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Hodding Carter (Reporter), Will Lyman (Narrator), Michael Sullivan (Television producer), Jim Gilmore (Television producer), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Production company), British Broadcasting Corporation. (Production company) Television Service,, Krosney Productions. (Production company), Films Incorporated (Publisher)
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Frontline examines how Saddam Hussein built Iraq's massive arsenal of tanks, planes, missiles, and chemical weapons during the 1980's. Correspondent Hodding Carter investigates the complicity of the US, European governments, and Western corporations in creating the Iraqi military machine the world is now trying to stop. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS, NTSC Narrator, Will Lyman Correspondant, Hodding Carter ; investigative reporter, W. Scott Malone Orginall produced as an episode of the...
Topics: frontline (television program), Armed Forces, Politics and government, Iraq -- Armed Forces, Iraq...
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Oct 31, 2019
10/19
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Sherry Jones, Washington Media Associates., PBS Video., Judy Woodruff, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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eye 118
favorite 1
comment 0
Examines the Black church in America as a source of Black heritage and cultural identity, a wellspring of social and political action, and a refuge for impoverished urban blacks. Shows hot two Black churches in Chicago, one with a middle class congregation and one serving the inner-city poor, balance the spiritual needs of their members with their mission of addressing the social and economic problems facing many disadvantaged Black Americans. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : 1/2 in Segment...
Topics: frontline (television program), African Americans -- Religion, African American churches --...
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Oct 6, 2019
10/19
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Rachel V Lyon, Bobbie Birleffi, Filmakers Library, inc., Lioness Films., Kidsrights (Firm), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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favorite 3
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Explores the problem of child molestation. Presents several case studies and has interviews of the offender, victim, and the offender's wife. Explores such issues as motivation, childhood sexual experiences or abuse of the offender, and long-term effects of the molestation upon offender, victim, and family unit. Shows individual counseling sessions and group therapy in progress. Has interviews with legal and mental health professionals who counsel offenders and victims. Discusses the question...
Topics: frontline (television program), Child molesters, Incest victims, Child sexual abuse, Sexually...
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Jun 18, 2020
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Jon Palfreman, WGBH Educational Foundation., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video.
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A group of mothers of cancer patients and journalist Paul Brodeur raise the question of the cancer hazard posed by electric transmission lines and call for government action. Researchers find no evidence electromagnetic fields cause birth defects or increased incidence of cancer; epidemiological evidence of clusters of childhood cancers are explained as statistically insignificant. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Originally broadcast on the PBS television program Frontline on June...
Topics: frontline (television program), Electromagnetic fields -- Health aspects, ELF electromagnetic...
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Nov 12, 2019
11/19
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Sherry Jones, David Fanning, WGBH Educational Foundation., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video, Judy Woodruff
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Judy Woodruff shows how the media affected the 1984 presidential elections. 1 videocassette (59 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format [NTSC] Producer and director, Sherry Jones ; executive producer, David Fanning ; writers, Richard Reeves, Sherry Jones ; editor, Foster Wiley Judy Woodruff Broadcast on Feb. 26, 1984
Topics: frontline (television program), Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1984, Political...
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Nov 1, 2019
11/19
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Judy Woodruff, Network Features Incorporated., PBS Video., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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Traces the rise and fall of Jim Bakker and his ministry. Also looks at other earlier fundamentalist ministries. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : 1/2 in Prepared for the television program entitled: Frontline, hosted by Judy Woodruff
Topics: frontline (television program), Bakker, Jim, 1940-, PTL Club, Fundamentalism, Evangelists -- United...
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Mar 15, 2020
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Rachel Dretzin Goodman, Jane West, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Video., Ofra Bikel Productions.
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Examines the lives of members of Wellesley's class of 1969, which included Hillary Clinton, during a period of great change and upheaval for American women. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Originally broadcast on the PBS television program Frontline on November 15, 1994 Closed captioned for the hearing impaired Producer: Rachel Dretzin and Jane West Narrated by Deborah Amos
Topics: frontline (television program), Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Wellesley College. Class of 1969, Films...
