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Frontline Season 1986

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1986x01 Hostage in Iran aired Jan 21, 1986

While the whole world watched, 52 Americans were held hostage in Iran by Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days. On the fifth anniversary of their release, usi... read more

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1986x02 Sue the Doctor? aired Jan 28, 1986

For many doctors, practicing medicine has become a nightmare. Today, one out of every six American doctors faces a malpractice suit. Frontline takes an insid... read more

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1986x03 Growing Up Poor aired Feb 04, 1986

The children of Chester, Pennsylvania are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, drugs, and family problems. Half of them live below the poverty line. Frontli... read more

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1986x04 Russia - Love it or Leave it aired Feb 11, 1986

A unique look at the Soviet Union through the eyes of Americans as they attempt to escape the confines of a carefully managed Russian tour. They elude their ... read more

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1986x05 Tobacco on Trial aired Feb 18, 1986

Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an inside lo... read more

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1986x06 Divorce Wars aired Feb 25, 1986

Half of all American marriages end in divorce. Using unique access to mediation and court proceedings, Frontline profiles the couples, the lawyers, the judge... read more

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1986x07 Who's Running this War? aired Mar 18, 1986

Eight months before the Iran-contra scandal broke, Frontline investigated the contras, probed the legality of private aid, and asked questions about the role... read more

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1986x08 Aids: A National Inquiry aired Mar 25, 1986

Fabian Bridges, a homosexual prostitute, bragged he had sex with six partners a night and refused to stop even though he knew he had AIDS. In a special broad... read more

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1986x09 Standoff in Mexico aired Apr 01, 1986

Political violence is breaking out in northern Mexico. Frontline documents the growing unrest in Mexico caused by fixed elections, corruption, violence, and ... read more

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1986x10 Inside the Jury Room aired Apr 08, 1986

For the first time on American television, Frontline cameras move inside a jury room to record the deliberations in a Wisconsin criminal trial. The results y... read more

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1986x11 Taxes Behind Closed Doors aired Apr 15, 1986

For more than a year, Frontline has been behind the scenes with congressmen and lobbyists covering the deals, dollars, and politics of tax reform. Correspond... read more

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1986x12 The Disillusionment of David Stockman aired Apr 20, 1986

Former budget director David Stockman gives an exclusive interview to correspondent William Greider on what has been called 'the greatest free lunch fiscal p... read more

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1986x13 Visions of Star Wars aired Apr 22, 1986

Frontline and Nova combine resources for the first time to explore the Strategic Defense Initiative. The program contains the most comprehensive information ... read more

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1986x14 Hollywood Dreams aired May 13, 1986

Hollywood is called an industry, a place, a state of mind. But making it in Hollywood, and making movies, persists as part of the American dream. In the real... read more

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1986x15 The Bloods of 'Nam aired May 20, 1986

A high percentage of men on the frontlines in Vietnam were young, poor, undereducated, and black. By most accounts, they had the highest casualties. But thes... read more

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1986x16 A Matter of the Mind aired May 27, 1986

Millions of Americans are mentally ill. They live in a world that is fragile and often frightening. Inside a halfway house in St. Paul, Minnesota, Frontline ... read more

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1986x17 Holy War, Holy Terror aired Jun 03, 1986

Frontline correspondent John Laurence examines the background of the Islamic Revolution, the roots of radical Shiism and reveals why Iran's war with Iraq is ... read more

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1986x18 Will There Always be an England? aired Jun 10, 1986

England is a country divided. One in five workers in northern England is unemployed, while in the south of the country, power, privilege prevail. Ofra Bikel ... read more

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1986x19 Assault on Affirmative Action aired Jun 17, 1986

The Supreme Court ruled against a Memphis firefighter who successfully fought for an affirmative action plan for the hiring of fellow firefighters in 1984. A... read more

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1986x20 Comrades I: The Education of Rita aired Jul 01, 1986

Rita Tikhonova, 21, is a model Russian citizen. The lifestyle and ambitions of an outstanding Young Communist League member in Moscow are depicted as she com... read more

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1986x21 Comrades II: Hunter and Son aired Jul 08, 1986

For four months every year, Mikhail Kuzakov and his son, Yuri, leave the comforts of home for the Siberian wilderness, where they hunt on horseback for sable... read more

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1986x22 Comrades III: All That Jazz aired Jul 15, 1986

Sergei Kuryokhin is a popular Russian jazz and rock musician who is disapproved of by the state because his music is difficult to control. Made without the p... read more

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1986x23 Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo aired Jul 22, 1986

Frontline examines the differences in Soviet and Western justice systems as it contrasts the lives of Tamara Russo, a 50-year-old hospital orderly on trial f... read more

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1986x24 Comrades V: Master of Samarkand aired Jul 29, 1986

Abdugaffar Khakkulov is a master craftsman of Uzbek heritage who for 35 years has been restoring the great Islamic mosques in Samarkand. Frontline examines d... read more

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1986x25 Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost aired Aug 05, 1986

Frontline gained unique access in filming the inner workings of the local government system in Nakhodka, a town six thousand miles and seven time zones from ... read more

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1986x26 Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer aired Aug 12, 1986

Frontline profiles the lives of players on a factory soccer team in the southern Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan as they fight for the town championship.

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1986x27 Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow aired Aug 19, 1986

Svyatoslav Nilolaevich Fyodorov is an outspoken and provocative eye surgeon whose surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness has made him famous. He l... read more

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1986x28 Comrades IX: Baltic Chic aired Aug 26, 1986

Fashion-conscious Estonians living on the Gulf of Finland are inspired by the Western styles of Dallas and Dynasty which are picked up from Finnish TV in Hel... read more

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1986x29 Comrades X: Soldier Boy aired Aug 26, 1986

For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit's life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras follow Valera Krylov, 18, throu... read more

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1986x30 Comrades XI: October Harvest aired Sep 02, 1986

The Kulinich family lives and works on a collective farm in southern Russia. Frontline follows the Kulinichs through their daily lives during harvest time an... read more

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1986x31 Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie aired Sep 09, 1986

Soviet film directors have one advantage over Westerners: the state takes care of the budget. But in return, the state expects firm control over all producti... read more

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