America Undercover is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. Within the series are several sub-series, such as Autopsy, Real Sex, and Taxicab Confessions.

History

The series began in 1983 and, after a brief time being broadcast weekly in 2001, was later broadcast once per month. In 2006, episodes began being rebroadcast on A&E Network.

Over the years, episodes have covered numerous subjects such as abortion, organized crime, and pedophilia. The show won several awards for the 1998 production of Strippers: The Naked Stages.

Episodes

  • Hooker (1983) - Directed by Robert Niemack
  • When Women Kill (1983) - Directed by Lee Grant
  • The Nightmare of Cocaine (1984) - Directed by Fleming B. Fuller
  • Toxic Time Bomb: The Fight Against Deadly Pollution (1984) - Directed by August Cinquegrana
  • Acts of Violence (1985) - Directed by Imre Horvath
  • Soldiers in Hiding (1985) - Directed by Malcolm Clarke
  • UFO's: What's Going On? (1985) - Directed by Robert Guenette
  • The Gift of Life (1986) - Directed by Bill Couturié
  • And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) - Directed by Louis Malle
  • Kids in Crisis (1986) - Directed by Robert Niemack
  • Kids in Sports: The Price of Glory (1986) - Directed by Dennis Lofgren
  • Surveillance: No Place to Hide (1986) - Directed by Joseph Angier
  • Drunk & Deadly: A Day on America's Highways (1987) - Directed by Robert Niemack
  • Murder or Mercy: Five American Families (1988) - Directed by Terry Dunn Meurer
  • Execution: Fourteen Days in May (1988) - Directed by Paul Hamann
  • Confessions of an Undercover Cop (1988) - Directed by Chris Jeans
  • Warning: Medicine May Be Hazardous to Your Health (1988) - Directed by Veronica L. Young
  • Why Did Johnny Kill? (1988) - Directed by Robert Niemack
  • Transplant (1988) - Directed by Vincent Stafford
  • Into Madness (1989) - Directed by Susan Raymond
  • Battered (1989) - Directed by Lee Grant
  • Crack USA: County Under Siege (1989) - Directed by Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag
  • One Year in a Life of Crime (1989) - Directed by Jon Alpert
  • Convicts on the Street: One Year on Parole (1990) - Directed by Robert Niemack
  • Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (1991) - Directed by Alan Raymond
  • Rape: Cries from the Heartland (1991) - Directed by Maryann DeLeo
  • Attempted Murder: Confrontation (1991) - Directed by Tom Spain
  • Death on the Job (1991) - Directed by Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag
  • The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer (1992) - Directed by Arthur Ginsberg and Tom Spain
  • Suicide Notes (1992) - Directed by Robert Niemack
  • Asylum (1992) - Directed by Joan Churchill
  • Abortion: Desperate Choices (1992) - Directed by Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, and Albert Maysles
  • My Mother's Murder (1992) - Directed by Charles C. Stuart
  • Never Say Die: The Search for Eternal Youth (1992) - Directed by Antony Thomas
  • Women on Trial (1992) - Directed by Lee Grant
  • I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)
  • Gang War: Bangin' In Little Rock (1994)
  • High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995) - Directed by Jon Alpert, Maryann DeLeo and Richard Farrell
  • The Celluloid Closet (1995)
  • Fetishes (1996) - Directed by Nick Broomfield
  • Dragtime (1997) - Directed by Patti Kaplan
  • Thug Life in DC (1999) - Directed by Marc Levin
  • Life Afterlife (2000) - Directed by Lisa F. Jackson
  • Bellevue: Inside Out (2001) - Directed by Maryann DeLeo
  • Blue Vinyl (2002)
  • My Flesh and Blood (2003)
  • Shelter Dogs (2003)
  • Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (2005)
  • Dealing Dogs (2006)

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