Frontline - Season 18

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John Paul II: the Millennial Pope

1 - John Paul II: the Millennial Pope

Air Date: September 28, 1999

Secrets of the SAT

2 - Secrets of the SAT

Air Date: October 5, 1999

Mafia Power Play

3 - Mafia Power Play

Air Date: October 12, 1999

The Lost Children of Rockdale County

4 - The Lost Children of Rockdale County

Air Date: 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.

Apocalypse! (2)

5 - Apocalypse! (2)

Air Date: November 22, 1999

Justice for Sale

6 - Justice for Sale

Air Date: November 23, 1999

The Case for Innocence

7 - The Case for Innocence

Air Date: January 11, 2000

The Killer at Thurston High

8 - The Killer at Thurston High

Air Date: 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.

The Survival of Saddam

9 - The Survival of Saddam

Air Date: January 25, 2000

Assault on Gay America

10 - Assault on Gay America

Air Date: February 15, 2000

War in Europe

11 - War in Europe

Air Date: February 22, 2000

Dr Solomon's Dilemma

12 - Dr Solomon's Dilemma

Air Date: April 4, 2000

What's Up With the Weather?

13 - What's Up With the Weather?

Air Date: April 18, 2000

Jefferson's Blood

14 - Jefferson's Blood

Air Date: 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."

Return of the Czar

15 - Return of the Czar

Air Date: May 9, 2000

The Battle Over School Choice

16 - The Battle Over School Choice

Air Date: 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