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CHILD ABUSE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Public Broadcasting Service program FRONTLINE will be airing the
third installment of the award-winning series, "Innocence Lost", on
Tuesday, May 27, 1997 at 9:00 PM on most PBS stations; 10:00 PM on KQED,
San Francisco.

This series, produced by Ofra Bikel, explores one of the most
sensational cases of mass child sexual abuse and ritual abuse in
America, the Little Rascals day care center case in Edenton, North
Carolina.  The first installment, entitled "Innocence Lost" was honored
with both an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism and the
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award.  The second
installment, entitled "Innocence Lost: The Verdict", was recently
honored with the Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize Award, a second Alfred
I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award, and was named Grand
Prize and Best of Category winner at the prestigious 1994 Banff
International Television Festival.  The May 27th, 1997 installment,
entitled "Innocence Lost: The Plea" is the result of FRONTLINE's 
commitment to continue their in-depth coverage of this case.

Bikel's career with FRONTLINE started when the series began in 1983. 
Her FRONTLINE credits include: "Poland--The Morning After",  "American
Games, Japanese Rules," and "Israel: The Price of Victory."  "The
Russians Are Here," which she produced in 1983 for FRONTLINE's premier
season, was the first FRONTLINE film to be sold to the U.S.S.R.  Bikel's
"Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: Public Hearing, Private Pain," explored
the impact of Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings on black
Americans and was awarded an Emmy.  Bikel's work has been broadcast
throughout the U.S. and internationally and has been awarded many of
broadcast journalism's top honors.  Bikel lives in New York City.

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