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Frontline Season 1987

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1987x01 The Real Stuff aired Jan 27, 1987

One year after the Challenger disaster, Frontline examined the all-too-human side of the space program as seen through the eyes of the astronauts and enginee... read more

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1987x02 The Earthquake is Coming aired Feb 03, 1987

Frontline examines the startling implications of what will happen when the big earthquake hits California, detailing the awesome effects as systems rupture a... read more

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1987x03 Stopping Drugs (1) aired Feb 10, 1987

A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of addicts trying to kick the habit and the effectiveness of ... read more

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1987x04 Stopping Drugs (2) aired Feb 17, 1987

A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 2 journeys into America's schools to find out if drugs are really a major problem and if anti-d... read more

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1987x05 The Nazi Connection aired Feb 24, 1987

German scientists were responsible for putting the first American on the moon. Now, 15 years later, government investigators are asking whether some of them ... read more

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1987x06 Desperately Seeking Baby aired Mar 03, 1987

Two million American couples desperately want babies and can't have them. They are turning to private adoption deals brokered by lawyers and counselors. Some... read more

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1987x07 Street Cop aired Mar 31, 1987

Frontline takes a gritty look at street cops. In Boston's busiest, most violent police district, they confront the never-ending calls for help and the never-... read more

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1987x08 The Secret File aired Apr 14, 1987

How could an ordinary citizen be considered a national security risk? Penn Kimball, a university professor, former New York Times editor, Rhodes scholar, and... read more

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1987x09 War on Nicaragua aired Apr 21, 1987

As the Iran-contra scandal was still unfolding, Frontline correspondent William Greider revealed how the US began supporting the contras in Nicaragua and why... read more

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1987x10 The Bombing of West Philly aired May 05, 1987

'I could hear the bullets all around me, hitting all around the house. I was forced back by gunfire,' says Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor of MOVE, a ... read more

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1987x11 In Search of the Marcos Millions aired May 26, 1987

The day Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos fled the Philippines in 1986, they left with $8.9 million in jewelry, cash, and bonds. But the Philippine government clai... read more

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1987x12 Israel: The Price of Victory aired Jun 02, 1987

The Six Day War was a decisive victory for Israel. But many Israelis feel that something has gone wrong. On the war's twentieth anniversary, Frontline finds ... read more

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1987x13 Death of a Porn Queen aired Jun 09, 1987

She was from Minnesota. Young, pretty, and fresh. She went to Hollywood in search of a dream and found herself in X-rated movies, on drugs, and estranged fro... read more

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1987x14 Keeping the Faith aired Jun 16, 1987

The black church was once the soul of its community. It was a rallying point and a force for change. Now, as the black middle class grows and the church evol... read more

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1987x15 The Politics of Greed aired Jun 23, 1987

As corruption scandals rock New York City, the careers of dozens of high officials are being destroyed. Frontline takes an inside look at the seamy side of u... read more

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1987x16 Apartheid Part I: 1652-1948 aired Dec 14, 1987

Many white South Africans claim that the entire country is theirs by right. No black man, they say, occupied South Africa before the first tiny Dutch settlem... read more

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1987x17 Apartheid Part 2: 1948-1963 aired Dec 14, 1987

Part 2 details the new policy which included classifying all South Africans by race, removing blacks from cities where many had lived for generations, and es... read more

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1987x18 Apartheid Part 3: 1963-1977 aired Dec 15, 1987

'Independent homelands' for blacks was the centerpiece of Prime Minister Hendrick Verwoerd's vision of apartheid. Part 3 focuses on how the white government ... read more

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1987x19 Apartheid Part 4: 1978-1986 aired Dec 15, 1987

When PW Botha became prime minister of South Africa two years after the Soweto uprising in 1976, he realized that apartheid must 'adapt or die.' Part 4 explo... read more

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1987x20 Apartheid Part 5: 1987 aired Dec 16, 1987

Part 5 looks at an unprecedented meeting in the struggle for South Africa's future. Two years before the release of Nelson Mandela, dissident white Afrikaner... read more

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