About this season
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
Episodes (16)
1. John Paul II: the Millennial Pope
Aired 28 September 1999
2. Secrets of the SAT
Aired 5 October 1999
3. Mafia Power Play
Aired 12 October 1999
4. The Lost Children of Rockdale County
Aired 19 October 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)
Aired 22 November 1999
6. Justice for Sale
Aired 23 November 1999
7. The Case for Innocence
Aired 11 January 2000
8. The Killer at Thurston High
Aired 18 January 2000 • 56 min
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
Aired 25 January 2000
10. Assault on Gay America
Aired 15 February 2000
11. War in Europe
Aired 22 February 2000
12. Dr Solomon's Dilemma
Aired 4 April 2000
13. What's Up With the Weather?
Aired 18 April 2000
14. Jefferson's Blood
Aired 2 May 2000 • 86 min
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
Aired 9 May 2000
16. The Battle Over School Choice
Aired 23 May 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