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The Movie Oracle
Program id: 4384
Frontline : Season 17
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1) : (Ep. 1)
Episode 1 - aired : Sep 1998

The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2) : (Ep. 2)
Episode 2 - aired : Sep 1998

The story of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Said one critic: " It's a revelation of what television can be."

The Farmer's Wife, Part 3 : (Ep. 3)
Episode 3 - aired : Sep 1998

In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to work for another farmer to make enough money to feed his family, and the stress and exhaustion cause him to explode. In December, Juanita takes the girls and leaves for a week--it has a deep and profound effect on Darrel. Two months later, the marriage that had seemed almost doomed is miraculously transformed. Through counseling, Darrel learns to deal with his anger and undergoes extraordinary personal growth. Now he is the at-home parent, farming and caring for his three daughters. Juanita, who has earned a college degree, works at a respected crop insurance company in town, helping other farmers. In the end, through faith, hope, and hard work, the Buschkoetters save their farm and rediscover the love that holds them together.

Ambush in Mogadishu : (Ep. 4)
Episode 4 - aired : Sep 1998

There has been no overview provided for this season

Washington's Other Scandal : (Ep. 5)
Episode 5 - aired : Oct 1998

"Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTLINE shows how both political parties, cynically and shamelessly, contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election.

Plague War : (Ep. 6)
Episode 6 - aired : Oct 1998

FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union's enormous covert bio-weapons program which went undetected for almost two decades.

The Child Terror : (Ep. 7)
Episode 7 - aired : Oct 1998

In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial consequences of the nation's 15-year legal battle against child sexual abuse. During the 1980s, Miami became ground zero in the crusade to prosecute child molesters. Many high-profile cases were prosecuted by the office of then-chief prosecutor Janet Reno who pioneered a national effort to bring child molesters to justice. Now, however, some of these cases are unraveling. In this report, FRONTLINE deconstructs two of the them, probing what went wrong.

Fat : (Ep. 8)
Episode 8 - aired : Nov 1998

There has been no overview provided for this season

Snitch : (Ep. 9)
Episode 9 - aired : Jan 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season

The Triumph of Evil : (Ep. 10)
Episode 10 - aired : Jan 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season

The Execution : (Ep. 11)
Episode 11 - aired : Feb 1999

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Russian Roulette : (Ep. 12)
Episode 12 - aired : Feb 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season

Hunting Bin Laden : (Ep. 13)
Episode 13 - aired : Apr 1999

For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.

Spying on Saddam : (Ep. 14)
Episode 14 - aired : Apr 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season

Give War a Chance : (Ep. 15)
Episode 15 - aired : May 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela : (Ep. 16)
Episode 16 - aired : May 1999

An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.

Making Babies : (Ep. 17)
Episode 17 - aired : Jun 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season

Pop : (Ep. 18)
Episode 18 - aired : Jun 1999

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The Crash : (Ep. 19)
Episode 19 - aired : Jun 1999

There has been no overview provided for this season