Frontline
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Genre: Documentary, News
Cast:Will Lyman , Sarah Childress , Priyanka Boghani , Arun Rath , Judy Woodruff , Katie Worth , Martin Smith , Jessica Savitch , Jim Gilmore , Mike McNally , Peter Baker , Jeremiah Kissel , Dan Balz , Lowell Bergman , Peter Haydu , Jane Mayer , Charles Linshaw , Peter Berkrot
S1.E1 ∙ An Unauthorized History of the NFL
A look at the connections between organized crime, gambling and professional football in the United States.
S1.E2 ∙ 88 Seconds in Greensboro
James Reston investigates the role of a police informant in the 1979 murder of five civil rights demonstrators by a group of Klan and Nazi Party members in Greensboro, North Carolina.
S1.E5 ∙ God's Banker
A probing documentary probing ties between Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker, found hanging from a London bridge and Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, head of the Vatican bank.
S1.E11 ∙ Space: The Race for High Ground
This episode included a story about The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983. The opening sequence shows Jessica Savitch seated next to a laser that she used to destroy a model of a communication satellite. The demonstration was perhaps the first televised use of a weapons grade laser. No theatrical effects were used. The model was actually destroyed by the heat from the laser. The model and the laser were provided by Marc Palumbo, a High Tech Romantic artist from the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT.
S1.E12 ∙ Abortion Clinic
Abortion Clinic tells the stories of four young women who are confronted by unplanned pregnancies. Two of them decide to carry their pregnancies to term; two chose to have abortions performed at a local clinic.
S1.E15 ∙ Looking for Mao
This documentary film is a search for the cultural and political legacy of Mao Tse-tung six years after his death. Filmed in Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha and Shaoshan, this film is described by Arthur Unger of Christian Science Monitor as "one of the best documentaries in the Frontline series" and an "incisive quest for the truth."
S2.E6 ∙ The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
A look into the mind of one of the Hillside Strangler murderers, Kenneth Bianchi.
S2.E7 ∙ The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
A look at the trial and the use of psychiatric evidence in the criminal proceedings of mass murderer Kenneth Bianchi.
S3.E9 ∙ A Class Divided
An expanded edition of William Peters's classic study of the unique eye-color lesson in prejudice and discrimination taught by Iowa schoolteacher Jane Elliott. This new edition continues the story of Elliott and her sixteen third-graders of 1970, eleven of whom returned to their hometown in 1984 for a reunion with their former teacher. Peters reports on that meeting and its evidence that the long-ago lesson has had a profound and enduring effect on the students' lives and attitudes.
S3.E15 ∙ Men Who Molest
Experts estimate there are at least four million child sexual abusers in the US, and they do not fit our stereotypes. Almost half of those guilty of incest also molest children outside the family.
S3.E18 ∙ Memory of the Camps
In 1945, camera crews went with the American and British armies in the nazis death camps and filmed the horror they found there. A group of directors among whom was Alfred Hichcock developed a script to present these horrors and be sure that people remember. Forty-eight years later it came out from the cave of the Imperial War Museum and was edited as forecast.
S3.E21 ∙ Breaking the Bank
The year 1984 had more bank failures in the US than any other time since the Great Depression. Judy Woodruff investigates one of the largest bank failures (Penn Square in Oklahoma City) and a near bank failure (Continental Illinois in Chicago) in an effort to shed some light on the nation's banking system.
S4.E1 ∙ Hostage in Iran
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, using never-before-seen footage from inside the American embassy compound in Tehran, the hostages tell the story of their long ordeal.
S4.E3 ∙ Growing Up Poor
One-hour documentary for Frontline about children growing up in Chester, Pennsylvania, a once prosperous manufacturing city that has fallen into poverty.
S4.E16 ∙ A Matter of the Mind
An examination of mental illness and the treatment of those affected by it.
S5.E5 ∙ The Nazi Connection
At the end of World War II, some German rocket scientists had their war records "sanitized" so they could be brought to the United States as part of "Project Paperclip", where they became a vital part of the American space program.
S5.E13 ∙ Death of a Porn Queen
A young woman from Minnesota moves to Hollywood in search of a dream and gets caught up in a world of X-rated movies and drugs.
S6.E3 ∙ The Man Who Shot John Lennon
Frontline goes inside the mind of Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980.
S6.E12 ∙ Guns, Drugs, and the CIA
The CIA cites national security as a reason for secrecy on its long-running alliance with international drug smugglers.
S6.E20 ∙ The Choice
One of the most memorable presidential races in decades pits the iconoclast John McCain against the newcomer Barack Obama; a heroic former prisoner of war against the first African-American major party nominee. The 20th anniversary broadcast of "The Choice" examines the personal and political biographies of these men and goes behind headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America.
S7.E5 ∙ Children of the Night
The story of Iain Brown, who at thirteen left the comfortable world of a middle-class family in Walnut Creek, CA, for the life of a male hustler in San Francisco. Iain committed suicide in December 1987 at the age of nineteen. His story highlights the disturbing and growing national problem of teenage runaways and suicides.
S7.E7 ∙ Prescriptions for Profit
An investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. With NPR, the film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.
S8.E13 ∙ Seven Days in Bensonhurst
The murder of a sixteen-year old boy in Brooklyn triggers a frenzy that engulfs New York City; the film looks at the days that follow to find the dynamics of racial politics and guilt.
S8.E24 ∙ Broken Minds
A look the science and societal struggles behind schizophrenia, a disease that affects millions of Americans.
S8.E25 ∙ Betting on the Lottery
Lottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the tickets, and to ask the question, 'Who really wins and who loses?'
S9.E10 ∙ Innocence Lost - The Accusations
Bizarre accusations of abuse surround the prominent Little Rascals Daycare Center in Edenton, North Carolina. The 3-part report "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
S9.E12 ∙ To the Last Fish
Journalist and author Paul Greenberg (Four Fish; American Catch) spends a year eating only fish. From farmed fish in Norway to the biggest wild fishery in the world off Peru, he travels to investigate the health of the ocean - as well as his own.
S9.E18 ∙ Don King, Unauthorized
If Don King were a city he would be Las Vegas, flamboyant, awake 24 hours a day, driven by money, routed in gambling and the mob. Don King, the man himself is bigger than boxing, he is a cultural phenomenon.
S10.E7 ∙ Saddam's Killing Fields
From PBS and FRONTLINE: For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. Here is the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America's fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families.
S10.E19 ∙ The Best Campaign Money Can Buy
An investigation of the funders contributing heavily to the Bush and Clinton presidential campaigns in 1992.
S10.E20 ∙ Monsters Among Us
Westley Allen Dodd (1961-1993) was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington.
S10.E21 ∙ JFK, Hoffa and the Mob
Organized crime's involvement in the murders of President John F. Kennedy and labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.
S11.E5 ∙ The Arming of Saudi Arabia
Get an inside account of efforts to bring about change in the Saudi kingdom. With on-the-ground reporting, the film examines Saudi Arabia today.
S11.E11 ∙ L.A. Is Burning: 5 Reports from a Divided City
A 90-minute, prime-time special featuring analysis of the Los Angeles riots by prominent observers from the African-American, Caucasian, Asian-American and Latino communities.
S11.E14 ∙ Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts I and II
Bizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
S12.E2 ∙ The Diamond Empire
Central to the diamond's role as a romantic symbol is the belief that diamonds are one of the rarest, most precious gifts for a loved one. This documentary examines how the great myth about the scarcity of diamonds and their inflated value was created and maintained over the decades by the South African diamond cartel.
S12.E6 ∙ In the Game
Mar. 29, 1994 60 minutes 'We just know this is our season--we want it all! So there's nothing that's going to get in our way,' says Trisha Stevens, one of the stars of the 1990 Stanford University women's basketball team. In this FRONTLINE report, producer Becky Smith takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Stanford team, its coach, and the season they set out to win the biggest dream in college sports--a national championship. Smith's six-month record of the team's 'miracle season' captures their spirit and determination, details coach Tara VanDerveer's strategy and tenaciousness, and chronicles the grueling twists and turns on the road to the title. The program poses important questions about the obstacles facing women's athletics which continue to fight for equal opportunities, funding, and media coverage.
S12.E10 ∙ Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
She was a Bosniak, and he a Bosnian Serb. They were killed by sniper fire in the Sarajevo siege.
S12.E11 ∙ Public Lands, Private Profits
An investigation of how mining companies take advantage of an 1872 law to extract billions of dollars worth of gold from public lands in the United States virtually for free. The film examines environmental damage caused by mining and follows reform efforts by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Senator Dale Bumpers.
S13.E4 ∙ The Godfather of Cocaine
Investigative biography of the world's richest, and most violent, drug lord - Pablo Escobar.
S13.E6 ∙ Rush Limbaugh's America
An investigative biography of Rush Limbaugh, his "ditto head" radio listeners, and his political role in the "Republican revolution" of the mid-1990s.
S13.E7 ∙ Divided Memories Part 1
About the validity of repressed memory about sexual abuse divides the therapeutic community, the women's movement, and thousands of accusers and accused.
S13.E8 ∙ Divided Memories Part 2
Examines the complicated issue of repressed memory, looking at what we know about memory and the way it works. Tracing the repression debate back to Sigmund Freud.
S13.E10 ∙ When the Bough Breaks
John Bowlby, a famous attachment theorist, does play therapy with a mother and infant son who cannot sleep through the night. The mother accuses the son, her second child, of wanting to "get away with things" in the therapist's office. (The older child is a well-behaved happy child.) The therapist asks her to consider the fact that the son might be inviting her to play and have fun instead. She realizes she is very angry at her son for the hard pregnancy and difficult birth. She forgives her son and begins to enjoy playing with her son. The son calms down and sleeps through the night.A mother from Jamaica feeds her reluctant 22 month old daughter for hours, just as she was fed for hours by her own mother. When her daughter does not eat the food she is served, the mother sits with her for hours at the table, late into the night feeding, hitting and arguing with her younger daughter. (The older daughter is a well-behaved, happy child.) In play therapy the mother is instructed to let the daughter lead the play. The daughter decides to feed a doll pizza for breakfast. "No!" the mother cries, "Not pizza, for breakfast. Porridge for breakfast." The mother discusses with the therapist her reluctance to let her daughter be in charge of her own intake of food. The feedings are reduced by two thirds. The daughter begins to sleep through the night. The implications of this video call into question the idea that psychological illnesses are caused by genetics or brain damage. The clear indication is that most mental illnesses are caused by problems in the parent-child bond, especially anger and unforgiveness from the parents.
S13.E15 ∙ Waco: The Inside Story
Frontline looks at the 1993 siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. It talks to Branch Davidian survivors and FBI agents from both the negotiation and hostage rescue teams. On April 19, the FBI attempt to tear gas the compound which precipitates a fire which takes the lives of 76 people.
S13.E16 ∙ The Search for Satan
Frontline examines the cases of two women who were diagnosed as victims of Satanic ritual abuse. Doctors claimed they were suffering from multiple personality disorder and were targeting their own children for cult indoctrination and abuse. After leaving treatment, the women came to believe that the doctors themselves made up their diagnosis and were victimizing them.
S14.E1 ∙ The Gulf War: Part I
FRONTLINE's "The Gulf War" is a comprehensive and critical analysis of the 1990-1991 war in which more than one million troops faced off against each other in the deserts of the Gulf states. From the Allied coalition's air war, to the ground assault, to the liberation of Kuwait, and the fallout of Saddam Hussein's retaining power, "The Gulf War" deconstructs what really happened, how it happened and why.
S14.E3 ∙ The Long March of Newt Gingrich
An investigative biography examining the rise of the controversial politician who led the "Republican Revolution" of 1996 and became Speaker of the House before facing resistance and an ethics probe.
S14.E7 ∙ Smoke in the Eye
Mike Wallace, Lowell Bergman and Jeffrey Wigand are interviewed about the controversy when CBS lawyers, citing a little-used legal concept, blocked the airing of Wigand's interview on 60 Minutes.
S14.E13 ∙ The Gate of Heavenly Peace
A Frontline documentary about the events that took place in Tianamen square in 1989.
S14.E16 ∙ Why America Hates the Press
An investigation of TV talk-show pundits and the elite Washington, DC, press corps.
S14.E18 ∙ Secret Daughter
The story of June Cross, 'secret' daughter of a white woman and a black man, and her efforts to understand her family background.
S15.E2 ∙ Six O'Clock News
A documentary by and about a man who carries a film camera around most of the time and films the events of his life, including himself being interviewed by a news crew, and focusing on some of the real people behind the tragedies shown daily on the six o'clock news: a woman living on an island hit by a hurricane; a man whose wife was murdered in her store.
S15.E10 ∙ Innocence Lost: The Plea
Bizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
S15.E14 ∙ Once Upon a Time in Arkansas
The Whitewater scandals and the Clinton presidency.
S15.E15 ∙ The Lost American
A look at the life and U.S. aid worker Fred Cuny, who mysteriously disappeared while working to negotiate peace in Chechnya.
S15.E16 ∙ Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein
A documentary about the republican movement in the North of Eíre from the late 60s up until present day. Encompassing both the paramilitary wing and the politicial representatives.
S15.E17 ∙ Dreams of Tibet
Journalist and China watcher Orville Schell explores the clash of values between American opinion of China's human rights record and the uncomprehending and intransigent Chinese leadership. Interviewees include actors, directors, musicians, and political figures who discuss the history of Tibet and its yearning for political independence. Richard Gere and Adam Yauch are converts to Buddhism.
S16.E3 ∙ The Two Nations of Black America
In this FRONTLINE report, correspondent Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard scholar, explores the gaping chasm between the upper and lower classes of black America and probes why it has happened: "How have we reached this point where we have both the largest black middle class and the largest black underclass in our history?" His personal essay draws a picture of growing black success along with deepening black despair and argues that black upper classes now have more in common with their white colleagues and peers than with those they have left behind in the inner cities. Reviewing the thirty years that have passes since the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gates shows that while many blacks reaped the reward of the civil rights movement and affirmative action and gained middle class status , just as many were left behind in an expanding underclass of poverty. The program features interviews with prominent blacks such as Cornel West, William Julius Wilson and Maulana Karenga as well as civil rights veterans like Eldridge Cleaver, Angela Davis and Julian Bond. While they differ on historical interpretation, they all agree that the next phase of the black liberation struggle must be focused on economic deprivation and the class divide.
S16.E4 ∙ From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians - Part 1
The story of the rise of Christianity.
S16.E5 ∙ From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians: Part 2
The impact of the Gospels after the First Revolt; Christianity spreads and conversion takes place in the Roman Empire in the second and third centuries.
S16.E7 ∙ Busted: America's War on Marijuana
The marijuana industry in America, and law-enforcement efforts to wipe it out.
S16.E12 ∙ The Farmer's Wife
"The Farmer's Wife" takes us deep inside the world of Juanita and Darrel Buschkoetter, a remarkable young Nebraska farm couple, to tell a compelling love story. It follows the Buschkoetters over three years as they face seemingly insurmountable economic hardship, only to confront an even greater challenge: repairing their damaged marriage. What emerges is an epic story of faith, perseverance, and triumph, and an indelible portrait of a real American family's struggle to hold onto their dreams, and to each other.
S16.E13 ∙ Ambush in Mogadishu
This documentary examines the Battle of Mogadishu, fought on 3-4 October 1993.
S17.E1 ∙ Snitch
A look at how the U.S. government relies on informants in drug prosecutions and how many minor offenders end up serving more severe prison sentences as a result.
S17.E2 ∙ The Triumph of Evil
Circumstances around Rwanda genocide and the deaths of Belgian Nato soldiers.
S17.E3 ∙ The Execution
Alan Austin set out to tell a story of Capital Punishment. Beginning in 1995 an analysis is made of several people on Death Row in Texas. Settling on the story of Clifford Boggess, his relatives and the relatives of those he murdered.
S17.E4 ∙ Russian Roulette
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, how safe is Russia's nuclear arsenal?
S17.E6 ∙ Spying on Saddam
Chronicles the United Nation's dramatic eight-year long effort to find and dismantle Saddam Hussein's secret weapons of mass destruction.
S17.E14 ∙ Mafia Power Play
Reveals the disturbing links between professional sports and international organized crime.
S17.E17 ∙ Justice for Sale
An investigation of judicial elections and how the legal system and judicial fairness can be compromised by donors to campaigns.
S18.E2 ∙ The Killer at Thurston High
The troubled life of Kipland 'Kip' Kinkel, a 15-year-old Oregon high school student who killed his parents and two schoolmates.
S18.E10 ∙ Battle Over School Choice
Investigation of the political and educational clash over charter schools and voucher programs, especially in Ohio and Texas.
S19.E5 ∙ The Merchants of Cool
How businesses market to American teenagers, and the effect they have together on popular culture.
S19.E6 ∙ Organ Farm
The controversy over the growing use of pig fetal cells and pig organs for human transplant.
S19.E9 ∙ LAPD Blues
The connections between the "gangsta rap" scene and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department.
S19.E18 ∙ The Monster That Ate Hollywood
Megacorporations absorb the once fiercely independent movie studios.
S20.E1 ∙ An Ordinary Crime
A bizarre case of possible injustice where an innocent man is sent to prison.
S20.E3 ∙ Dot Con
An examination of the evidence for stock market manipulation during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
S20.E5 ∙ American Porn
FRONTLINE investigates American Porn and the pending political battle that will soon engulf the multi-billion dollar business and its distribution partners - some of America's best known corporations.
S20.E10 ∙ Modern Meat
Frontline investigates modern meat safety, focusing on the process, politics, and hazards of ground beef manufacturing.
S20.E16 ∙ Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road from Oslo
In the early 2000's, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators nearly reached a peace agreement. Within weeks, the opportunity vanished. Frontline examines the faltering quest for peace in "Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road from Oslo" - a film by Charles Enderlin, a Franco-Israeli journalist, specializing in the Middle East and Israel - beginning with the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The two-and-a-half-hour documentary traces the peace process through years of negotiations, with new footage of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and interviews with key figures on both sides.
S20.E19 ∙ The Man Who Knew
As an FBI agent who specialized in counter-terrorism, John P. O'Neill investigated the bombing of the American embassies in Africa, the USS Cole in Yemen, the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, and the first attack on the World Trade Center. O'Neill came to believe America should kill Osama bin Laden before Al Qaeda launched a devastating attack, but his was often a lonely voice. A controversial figure inside the buttoned-down world of the FBI, he was forced out of the job he loved and entered the private sector as director of security for the World Trade Center.
S20.E21 ∙ A Crime of Insanity
When a paranoid schizophrenic committed a violent crime, the legal and psychiatric worlds collided.
S21.E2 ∙ A Dangerous Business
The McWane Inc. foundries' focus on production and profitability comes at a price. Raises accusations of safety and environmental shortcuts that may have been taken by the McWane corporation to increase production at the cost of workers lives and limbs.
S21.E5 ∙ China in the Red
Stories from Chinese citizens including factory workers, villagers, and a wealthy business man caught up in China's ongoing effort to modernize its economy.
S21.E8 ∙ Blair's War
An look at British Prime Minister Tony Blair's attempts to bridge the gap between the U.S. and Europe over the invasion of Iraq.
S21.E10 ∙ Cyber War
A look at the U.S. government's effort to understand how vulnerable the Internet may be to both virtual and physical attacks.
S21.E13 ∙ The Other Drug War
America's war over prescription drugs has dragged on for over twenty years. Why are medications so expensive? And can prices be controlled without jeopardizing innovation in the pharmaceuticals industry?
S21.E16 ∙ Chasing the Sleeper Cell
A profile of an alleged terrorist group tracked by U.S. intelligence agents.
S22.E2 ∙ Chasing Saddam's Weapons
The U.S. military searches for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq nine months after the fall of Saddam Hussain.
S22.E6 ∙ Ghosts of Rwanda
Story of Rwandian genocide in 1994, 800.000 people were slaughtered by their own goverment.
S22.E9 ∙ The Jesus Factor
A look at how President Bush's spiritual beliefs influence his political decisions and how his religious views are akin to the burgeoning evangelical movement in the U.S.
S22.E12 ∙ Sacred Ground
An in-depth look at the architects who battled it out over the design of New York City's Freedom Tower.
S22.E16 ∙ Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
Walmart is Rolling Back Prices, Rolling back the competition and also rolling all the jobs over-seas.
S22.E17 ∙ Secret History of the Credit Card
The credit industry generates more consumer complaints than any other industry in the United States. This program explains the reasons; industry polices that consumers don't understand, irresponsible use of credit by consumers, some bad companies that tarnish the entire industry and regulators that don't call these bad apples to account.
S23.E1 ∙ Al Qaeda's New Front
An investigation into the threat radical jihadists pose to Western Europe and its allies - including the United States.
S23.E2 ∙ House of Saud
A Special History of Saudi Arabia, it's troubled relationship with America, and the challenges confronting a nation where tradition an modernity are in violent collision.
S23.E4 ∙ The Soldier's Heart
An examination of the long-lasting psychological effects on soldiers fighting in Iraq.
S23.E5 ∙ Israel's Next War
A shocking documentary about the growing number of Jewish extremists in Israel.
S23.E9 ∙ A Jew Among the Germans
Holocaust survivor, Marian Marzynski, sets out to find out how Germans are willing to build a memorial to the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
S23.E13 ∙ The Last Abortion Clinic
FRONTLINE investigates the steady decline in the number of physicians and clinics performing abortions and focuses on local political battles in states like Mississippi, where only a single clinic performs the controversial procedure.
S23.E14 ∙ The Storm
How key political figures responded to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans.
S24.E1 ∙ Country Boys
The story of two boys growing up from ages 15 to 18 in rural parts of the United States.
S24.E2 ∙ Sex Slaves
A documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc.
S24.E3 ∙ The Meth Epidemic
An investigation into how and why meth use spiraled out of control and became the fastest-growing drug abuse problem in America.
S24.E5 ∙ The Tank Man
On 4 June, 1989, a mysterious peaceful figure interrupted a line of war tanks during the protests over Tiananmen Square in China. Who was the young man who made an act of defiance and had his image shown all around the world as a symbol of democracy and fight for justice and world rights? The Deadline program follows the story behind the photos and videos of him and also tells a story about Modern China.
S24.E7 ∙ The Age of AIDS
On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?
S25.E10 ∙ Spying on the Home Front
A Story on post 9/11 spying on domestic soil. Narus, Nora and Total Information Awareness. There is even a domestic spying program operated by the NSA in San Francisco which is uncovered by Mark Klein of ATT.
S25.E11 ∙ Endgame
"Endgame: Ending the AIDS epidemic in black America" This Frontline documentary profiles indeviguals struggling with the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS amongst black Americans.
S25.E14 ∙ The Undertaking
A behind the scenes look at a funeral home as an undertaker and his family care for both the living and the dead.
S25.E15 ∙ On Our Watch
Frontline outlines the crisis and genocide in the Darfur region. More importantly, it is explained how, even after their failure in Rwanda to stop genocide, the UN is again slow to act because of greedy political alliances and beaurocracy. On our watch, we have let hundreds of thousands perish from the most volatile acts of slaughter.
S26.E1 ∙ The Medicated Child
Frontline investigates the medical practice of prescribing behavior-modifying drugs to children. It interviews
S26.E2 ∙ Growing Up Online
Frontline investigates the the first generation to grow up with access to the Internet. It examines the risks and realities of teens and their online existence.
S26.E3 ∙ A Dangerous Business Revisited
Five years after its original report on McWane, Inc., FRONTLINE returned to find out if it was still one of the most dangerous businesses in America.
S26.E4 ∙ Rules of Engagement
Frontline investigates the Haditha incident in which a group of Marines are accused of murdering 24 men, women and children in Iraq.
S26.E5 ∙ Bush's War: Part I
Frontline examines the war in Iraq and offers an inside look at a number controversies surrounding the war including September 11, al-Qaida, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraid, WMDs, and Fallujah.
S26.E6 ∙ Bush's War: Part II
Frontline examines the war in Iraq and offers an inside look at a number controversies surrounding the war including September 11, al-Qaida, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraid, WMDs, and Fallujah.
S26.E7 ∙ Bad Voodoo's War
In June 2007, the Bad Voodoo Platoon deployed to Iraq during the American military surge. To capture an intimate, vivid account of the new realities of war, director Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes) created a "virtual embed" with the platoon, supplying cameras to the soldiers so she could better crawl inside the experience of "boots on the ground." Bad Voodoo's War is the story of of the daily grind, the brotherhood, the fear and fatigue of war, through the eyes of the soldiers.
S26.E8 ∙ Sick Around the World
Given the problems facing the U.S. health care system, Frontline looks at other leading capitalist democracies to see how their health care systems operate and whether those systems could be adapted for reform in the United States.
S26.E9 ∙ Storm Over Everest
David Breashears relives the rescue effort to save climbers who were stranded near the summit of Mount Everest during a ferocious storm on May 10, 1996.
S26.E10 ∙ Young & Restless in China
YOUNG & RESTLESS IN CHINA tracks the lives of nine Chinese Gen X'ers over four years as they scramble to keep pace with a society changing faster than any in history. Raised under communism they are now making their way in China's blazing capitalist economy. Their stories of ambition, exuberance, crime and corruption are interwoven with moments of love, heartbreak and passion. Together they capture the changing values, hopes and dreams of a pivotal generation.
S26.E11 ∙ The Choice 2008
The biographies of Barack Obama and John McCain, nominated by their parties as presidential candidates in 2008.
S26.E12 ∙ Heat
Frontline correspondent Martin Smith investigates the environmental impact of big business by examining how corporations have lobbied hard against environmental regulations.
S26.E13 ∙ The War Briefing
Whoever wins the 2008 presidential election will have to confront the war in Afghanistan. Frontline takes a deep look at developments there.
S26.E15 ∙ The Hugo Chavez Show
Frontline examines Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez chronicling his rise to power and offering insights into his personality, policies and his shrewd use of the media.
S27.E1 ∙ The Old Man and the Storm
Six months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, producer June Cross came across 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge working alone on his home in the Lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood devastated when the levees broke in August 2005. Over the next two years, Cross would document the story of the extended Gettridge clan, an African-American family with deep roots in New Orleans, as they struggled to rebuild their homes and their lives.
S27.E2 ∙ Dreams of Obama
Frontline examines the remarkable story of the rise of Barack Obama from state senator to the United States presidency.
S27.E3 ∙ My Father, My Brother and Me
In 2004, journalist Dave Iverson received the same news that had been delivered to his father and older brother years earlier: He had Parkinson's disease. In My Father, My Brother and Me, Iverson sets off on a personal journey to explore the scientific, ethical, and political debate that surrounds Parkinson's. And he has intimate conversations with fellow Parkinson's sufferers like actor Michael J. Fox and writer Michael Kinsley.
S27.E4 ∙ Inside the Meltdown
Frontline investigates the 2008 economic meltdown and offers an inside look at what caused the crisis and who, if anyone, could have stopped it.
S27.E5 ∙ Ten Trillion and Counting
Frontline examines the impact of the growing national deficit on President Obama's plans for the country.
S27.E6 ∙ Sick Around America
Frontline investigates the health care system in the United States and searches for some answers to its many problems.
S27.E7 ∙ Black Money
Frontline investigates how multinational corporations illegally use slush funds, front companies, and secret payments as ways of increasing their profit. It focuses primarily on the Al Yamamah arms sales.
S27.E8 ∙ Poisoned Waters
Frontline examines at the problem of water pollution in the United States. It focuses on the worsening conditions in the Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay and looks at the threat posed by runoff from agriculture and industry.
S27.E9 ∙ The Released
Frontline examines the lives of mentally ill repeat offender who are struggling to make a life for themselves outside of prison.
S27.E10 ∙ The Madoff Affair
Bernie Madoff was responsible foe the largest financial fraud in history. Frontline correspondent Martin Smith investigates how he managed to steal $65 billion dollars from investors.
S27.E11 ∙ Breaking the Bank
An investigation of the 2008 banking crisis: what went wrong, who is to blame, and how long it will take to repair the damage.
S27.E12 ∙ Obama's War
Frontline tries to get a deeper understanding of the war in Afganistan. It interviews both American analysts and commanders on the ground and looks at reports from embedded journalists.
S27.E13 ∙ The Warning
Frontline offers a detailed look at the roots of the 2008 economic crisis by investigating why government officials refused to regulate emerging derivatives markets that later ruined the financial system.
S27.E14 ∙ Close to Home
Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how the middle class is faring in this recession through the stories of the people who she's come to know at the hair salon she's frequented for the past twenty years. The film reveals the struggles of a small business owner to stay afloat, her sister's risk of imminent foreclosure on her Florida home, and the various clients whose lives intersect at this New York City salon-from well-to-do bankers to struggling actors, each with a story to tell about how they're getting by in these turbulent times.
S27.E16 ∙ A Death in Tehran
Frontline examines the death of Neda Agha-Soltan and the protests against the controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election.
S27.E17 ∙ The Card Game
Frontline examines how banks and credit card companies are reacting to new government regulations on how Americans obtain credit.
S28.E1 ∙ Digital Nation
Frontline explores how the Internet and digital media have completely transformed contemporary life.
S28.E2 ∙ Flying Cheap
Frontline investigates how low-cost airlines and regional carriers have changed the airline business and whether the search for greater profit has led to sacrifices in safety.
S28.E3 ∙ Behind Taliban Lines
Frontline followers a reporter who is embedded with Hezb-e-Islami who are group of insurgents allied with the Taliban.
S28.E4 ∙ The Suicide Tourist
Frontline investigates suicide tourism by following a Chicago native as he travels to Switzerland in order to take his life with help of a nonprofit organization that legally assists suicides.
S28.E5 ∙ The Quake
Frontline takes an in depth look at the 2010 earthquake in Haiti examining problems with relief efforts, issues with governmental management, and the earthquake's effects on people's lives.
S28.E6 ∙ Obama's Deal
Frontline examines the Obama administration and its efforts to pass a health care reform bill.
S28.E7 ∙ The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
In Afghanistan many hundreds of boys, often as young as ten, are being lured off the streets on the promise of a new life.
S28.E8 ∙ The Vaccine War
Frontline examines both sides of the debate over vaccines. On one side, the public health community wholeheartedly endorses them. One the other, parents and politicians accuse them of causing disorders like autism.
S28.E9 ∙ College, Inc.
Frontline investigates for-profit colleges and universities. It examines their recruitment methods, their online curriculum, and connections to big business.
S28.E10 ∙ The Wounded Platoon
Frontline investigates the violence, depression, and stress exhibited by a platoon of Iraq War veterans whose members who have committed murder, assault, and suicide.
S28.E11 ∙ Law & Disorder
Frontline examines several questionable shootings by the New Orleans Police Department in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
S28.E12 ∙ Death by Fire
Frontline investigates the case of Todd Willingham a Texas man who was executed in 2004 for the fiery deaths of his three daughters. Although he is accused of arson, a forensic scientist discovers that that there is evidence that the fire may have been accidental.
S28.E13 ∙ The Spill
Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
S28.E14 ∙ The Confessions
Frontline looks at the case of Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.
S28.E15 ∙ Facing Death
Frontline investigates the complex and often agonizing end-of-life choices that are made by physicians and families.
S29.E1 ∙ Battle for Haiti
From PBS and Frontline - Last year, in the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to stage a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. One year later, the gang leaders are re-asserting control in the capital, threatening the country's stability.
S29.E2 ∙ Are We Safer?
From PBS and Frontline - FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by "Are We Safer?" In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11.
S29.E3 ∙ Flying Cheaper
FRONTLINE correspondent Miles O'Brien investigates reports of undertrained mechanics, foreign workers who can't read the English language repair manuals, inadequate FAA oversight, and the use of unauthorized airline parts.
S29.E4 ∙ Post Mortem
From PBS and Frontline - Every day, nearly 7,000 people die in America. And when these deaths happen suddenly, or under suspicious circumstances, we assume there will be a thorough investigation, just like we see on CSI. But the reality is very different.
S29.E5 ∙ Revolution in Cairo
In "Revolution in Cairo", Frontline follows the founders of the April 6th Movement as they use social networking in an effort to bring down Hosni Mubarak. In "The Brotherhood", Charles Sennott the changing face of the Muslim Brotherhood.
S29.E6 ∙ Money and March Madness
From PBS and Frontline - FRONTLINE continues its new monthly magazine program with the lead story "Money and March Madness," an inside look at the multi-billion dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports.
S29.E9 ∙ Football High
From PBS and Frontline - High school football has never had a higher profile, with nationally televised games, corporate sponsorships and minute-by-minute coverage on sports websites. In northwest Arkansas, FRONTLINE examines one ambitious high school team working its way towards national renown.
S29.E10 ∙ The Silence
FRONTLINE reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska.
S29.E11 ∙ Fighting for Bin Laden
From PBS and Frontline - In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, FRONTLINE presents two inside views of the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban.
S29.E12 ∙ Kill/Capture
From PBS and Frontline - Behind the strike that killed Osama bin Laden was one of the U.S. military's best-kept secrets: a covert campaign that officials have credited with taking out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. A six-month investigation by FRONTLINE has gone inside the military's "kill/capture" operations to discover new evidence of the program's impact -- and its costs.
S29.E13 ∙ Wikisecrets
From PBS and Frontline - It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history-the leaking of more than half-a-million classified documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010.
S29.E14 ∙ The Child Cases
From PBS and Frontline - When a child dies under suspicious circumstances, abuse is often suspected. That's what happened in the case of six-month-old Isis Vas, whose death was deemed "a clear-cut and classic" case of child abuse, sending a man named Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years. But now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and new questions are being asked about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other similar cases.
S29.E16 ∙ The Pot Republic
From PBS and Frontline - FRONTLINE's primetime monthly newsmagazine returns with three new stories, leading with a timely report from the frontlines of marijuana legalization in California.
S29.E19 ∙ Top Secret America
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, FRONTLINE and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest ask how more than a decade of fighting terrorism has reshaped the country and whether it has made us safer.
S29.E21 ∙ The Man Behind the Mosque
From PBS and Frontline - It became the most controversial building in America, a mostly derelict property in lower Manhattan made infamous overnight as the Ground Zero Mosque. Going beyond frenzied media portraits at the time, FRONTLINE tells the inside stories of Sharif El-Gamal, a real estate developer, and of the victims' relatives and anti-Islam activists who helped turn his project into a continuing battle over faith, values, and the meaning of being American.
S29.E22 ∙ The Anthrax Files
In the fall of 2001 envelopes carrying deadly anthrax were delivered to U.S. Senate offices, network news divisions and a tabloid newspaper. Now, new questions are being raised about the most expensive and complex investigation ever undertaken by the FBI. FRONTLINE, in a co-production with ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers, takes a hard look at the FBI's investigation of the country's most notorious act of bioterrorism.
S29.E23 ∙ Lost in Detention
More than one million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office. Frontline investigates Obama's enforcement strategies and journeys into the secretive world of immigrant detention, with a penetrating look at who is being detained and what is happening to these detainees.
S29.E24 ∙ Syria Undercover
Reporter Ramita Navai goes undercover for a rare look at the uprising from inside Syria. Plus a profile of the dictator who has managed to hold on longer than any amidst the Arab unrest--President Bashar al-Assad.
S29.E25 ∙ A Perfect Terrorist
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the mysterious circumstances behind David Headley's rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai.
S30.E1 ∙ Opium Brides
FRONTLINE reports on the unexpected collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort in Afghanistan.
S30.E2 ∙ Nuclear Aftershocks
From PBS and Frontline - It's been almost a year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country's once popular energy program in shambles. In response, Germany decided to abandon nuclear energy entirely. Should the U.S. follow suit?
S30.E3 ∙ The Interrupters
Follow a group of former gang leaders trying to "interrupt" shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once committed.
S30.E4 ∙ Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
The events of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan are recounted.
S30.E5 ∙ Murdoch's Scandal
Follow the battle over the future of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, his reputation and his family's fortunes.
S30.E6 ∙ The Real CSI
An examination of the limits of forensic science in the American justice system.
S30.E7 ∙ Money, Power & Wall Street (1)
Part One: Learn how two U.S. administrations have confronted the economic crisis.
S30.E8 ∙ Money, Power & Wall Street (2)
Part Two: Probe the story of the big banks -- how they developed, how they crashed and whether they still present dangers.
S30.E11 ∙ Cell Tower Deaths
Learn about the hidden cost of better and faster cell phone service, and about unreliable medical evidence in several child death cases.
S30.E13 ∙ Al Qaeda in Yemen
FRONTLINE travels into the heart of Yemen's radical heartland, and shows how Al Queda is taking control of towns and cities in an attempt to establish its own state.
S30.E14 ∙ Dollars and Dentists
Dental care can be a matter of life and death. Yet millions of Americans can't afford a visit to the dentist. An investigation by FRONTLINE and the Center for Public Integrity reveals the shocking consequences of a broken safety net.
S30.E15 ∙ Endgame: Aids in Black America
Nearly half of the one million people in the United States infected with HIV are black men, women and children. Trace the history of the AIDS epidemic through the experiences of individuals who tell their stories.
S30.E16 ∙ Fast Times at West Philly High
Students and teachers from West Philadelphia High School, a public high school serving one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia, defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition and compete for the chance to be part of a technological revolution.
S30.E17 ∙ Alaska Gold
The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the last great wild Sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It's also home to enormous mineral deposits-copper, gold, molybdenum-estimated to be worth over $300 billion.
S30.E18 ∙ The Battle for Syria
Journey to the heart of the Syrian insurgency, inside the rebel groups that are waging a full-scale assault on the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
S30.E19 ∙ Dropout Nation
Witness a high-stakes experiment to rescue students prepared to quit high school without a diploma.
S30.E21 ∙ The Choice 2012
Document the places, people and decisive moments that made the men who are competing for the presidency.
S30.E22 ∙ Climate of Doubt
Investigate the groups that changed the debate on climate and redefined the politics of global warming.
S30.E23 ∙ Big Sky, Big Money
Travel to the remote epicenter of the campaign finance debate for a tale of money, politics and intrigue.
S30.E24 ∙ The Suicide Plan
Explore the shadow world of assisted suicide, where the lines between legality and criminality are blurred.
S30.E25 ∙ Poor Kids
Follow three young girls in this unflinching and revealing exploration of what poverty means to children.
S31.E1 ∙ The Education of Michelle Rhee
Examine the legacy of controversial former chancellor of Washington, DC, public schools, Michelle Rhee.
S31.E2 ∙ Inside Obama's Presidency
Examine President Obama's key decisions and the experiences that will inform his second term.
S31.E3 ∙ The Untouchables
Why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution for the 2008 financial crisis or any fraud related to the sale of bad mortgages.
S31.E4 ∙ Cliffhanger
Investigate Washington's failure to solve the country's debt and deficit problems.
S31.E5 ∙ Raising Adam Lanza
Examine the life of Adam Lanza, the Newtown shooter, and the battle over gun laws and gun culture.
S31.E6 ∙ Newtown Divided
This short documentary Frontline take a in depth look at the Newtown shootings.
S31.E7 ∙ Kind Hearted Woman Part 1
Part 1 - Follow Robin Charboneau, an Oglala Sioux, on her journey of discovery, heartbreak and redemption.
S31.E8 ∙ Kind Hearted Woman: Part 2
In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin over three years as she struggles to raise her two children, further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Robin's battles in tribal court with her ex-husband for custody of the children, even after he is convicted of abusive sexual contact with his daughter, illuminates how serious this problem is on the reservation. Her quest to heal her family, find a man worthy of her love, build a career, and fulfill her goal of returning to her reservation to help prevent the abuse of women and children, takes her on an intimate and inspiring journey full of heartbreak, discovery, and redemption. "As in my other films profiling rural poverty," says Sutherland, "I was trying to reach out to another forgotten corner of the American landscape, this time to put a face on a Native family so that we could see them close-up with all the detail that illuminates the rich reality of their lives." "Kind Hearted Woman" is the third film produced by David Sutherland with FRONTLINE, following "The Farmer's Wife" and "Country Boys."
S31.E9 ∙ Syria Behind the Lines
Witness the devastating effect of the religious feud that's shaping Syria's future.
S31.E10 ∙ The Retirement Gamble
Learn how fees, self-dealing and kickbacks profit Wall Street while imperiling our savings.
S31.E11 ∙ Never Forget to Lie
Travel to the Jewish ghettos of Poland to hear the poignant recollections of child survivors.
S31.E12 ∙ Outlawed in Pakistan
When Pakistani teenager Kainat Soomro accused four men of gang rape, the courageous young woman did not put her suffering behind her. For this unforgettable documentary, which premiered at Sundance, filmmakers Habiba Nosheen and Hilke Schellmann spent five years tracing both Kainat's odyssey through Pakistan's broken justice system-and her alleged rapists' quest to clear their names. The result is a powerful and nuanced profile of courage in a society where rape victims and their families are often considered dishonorable and subjected to humiliation, poverty, and mortal danger.
S31.E13 ∙ Rape in the Fields
The women that the boss rapes depends on him to help report the crime. Predictably, the boss has no idea what she is talking about and is glad to fire her.
S31.E14 ∙ Two American Families
From PBS and FRONTLINE: With poignant and revealing intimacy, Two American Families chronicles the struggles of the Neumanns and the Stanleys as they try to hold onto their homes, their jobs, their health insurance, and a future for their children. A remarkable portrait of perseverance, the 90-minute film raises unsettling questions about the changing nature of the U.S. economy and the fate of a declining middle class.
S31.E15 ∙ Life and Death in Assisted Living
From PBS and FRONTLINE: More and more elderly Americans are choosing to spend their later years in assisted living facilities, which have sprung up as an alternative to nursing homes. But is this loosely regulated, multi-billion dollar industry putting seniors at risk? In a major investigation with ProPublica, FRONTLINE examines the operations of the nation's largest assisted living company, raising questions about the drive for profits and fatal lapses in care.
S31.E16 ∙ Egypt in Crisis
From PBS and FRONTLINE: Middle East Correspondents Martin Smith and Charles Sennott examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
S31.E17 ∙ League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis
An investigation of the health crisis threatening NFL players and the long-term fortunes of football.
S31.E19 ∙ Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria
Investigate the alarming rise of untreatable infections.
S31.E20 ∙ A Death in St. Augustine
From PBS and Frontline: On the night she broke up with her boyfriend, a Florida deputy sheriff, Michelle O'Connell was found dead from a gunshot in the mouth. Next to her was her boyfriend's semi-automatic service pistol. The sheriff's office called it suicide, but was it? FRONTLINE and The New York Times investigate this death of a young, single mother, and what can go wrong when the police are faced with domestic violence allegations within their own ranks.
S32.E1 ∙ To Catch a Trader
FRONTLINE tracks an ongoing seven-year investigation into the largest insider trading scandal in U.S. history.
S32.E2 ∙ Secret State of North Korea
Through smuggled footage and interview with defectors, the true state of North Korea under Kim Jong-Un is examined.
S32.E3 ∙ Syria's Second Front/Children of Aleppo
From PBS and Frontline: FRONTLINE makes a dangerous trip to the battlefields of Syria, gaining exclusive access to rebel forces as they try to unify against extremist Islamic factions that have thwarted the fight against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. With international peace efforts foundering and Western news organizations unable to safely report inside the country, journalist Muhammad Ali crosses into Syria to travel with moderate rebel commanders and fighters as they launch what they are calling "The Second Revolution," this time against jihadis from the Al Qaeda-linked group known as ISIS. From inside the war zone, FRONTLINE gives the most timely view yet of this newest front in the Syrian revolution. Also in this hour: a report from the besieged city of Aleppo, where more than 2,000 children have been killed in the fighting. This intimate portrait exposes what life is like for children who stay behind and are forced to adapt, as the world around them slips further into chaos.
S32.E4 ∙ Generation Like
From PBS and Frontline: Thanks to social media, today's teens are able to directly interact with their culture - artists, celebrities, movies, brands, and even one another - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers still hold the upper hand? In Generation Like, author and FRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff (The Merchants of Cool, The Persuaders) explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media - and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers. Do kids think they're being used? Do they care? Or does the perceived chance to be the next big star make it all worth it? The film is a powerful examination of the evolving and complicated relationship between teens and the companies that are increasingly working to target them.
S32.E5 ∙ Secrets of the Vatican
From PBS and Frontline: Pope Benedict made history when he announced his resignation, becoming the first Pope to step down voluntarily in six hundred years. In his wake he left a bitterly divided Vatican mired in scandals. But is Benedict's successor, Pope Francis, taming the forces that helped destroy Benedict's papacy? Is he succeeding in lifting the Church out of crisis? Nearly a year in the making, this special FRONTLINE goes inside the Vatican - one of the world's most revered and mysterious institutions - to unravel the remarkable series of events that led to the resignation that shook the world. Through interviews with those at the very heart of what happened - cardinals, priests, convicted criminals, police, prosecutors and whistle-blowers - FRONTLINE gives a first-hand account of the final days of Benedict's papacy and the current battle to set the Church on a new path under Francis.
S32.E6 ∙ TB Silent Killer
Frontline travels to the African country of Swaziland which has one of the world's highest rates of tuberculosis in the world. It profiles several TB patients who are struggling with the disease and the difficult medicinal regime required to treat its most dangerous form.
S32.E7 ∙ Solitary Nation
From PBS and Frontline: An estimated 80,000 Americans are in solitary confinement - even people who haven't committed violent crimes - sometimes for years, or even decades. Using extraordinary access to the segregation unit at the maximum security Maine State Prison, FRONTLINE examines America's use of solitary confinement - a practice U.S. prisons and jails resort to more than most other countries. Some prison officials see it as necessary to keep order and safety, but critics say it is inhumane and counterproductive. "Solitary Nation" is an extraordinarily rare and intimate view of life in solitary, through the stories of inmates living in isolation, the prison officers who keep them locked in, and a new warden who is re-thinking the practice and trying to reduce the number of inmates in solitary.
S32.E8 ∙ Prison State
From PBS and Frontline: With unprecedented access, FRONTLINE investigates the impact of mass incarceration in America, focusing on a troubled housing project in Louisville, Kentucky, and a statewide effort to reverse the trend. There are some 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S. today, but a disproportionate number come from a few city neighborhoods, and in some places the concentration is so dense that states are spending millions of dollars a year to lock up residents of single blocks. "Prison State" examines one community, Louisville's Beecher Terrace housing project, and follows the lives of four residents as they move in and out of custody, while Kentucky tries break that cycle and shrink its prison state.
S32.E9 ∙ United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program
From PBS and Frontline: Last year Edward Snowden downloaded tens of thousands of top-secret documents from a highly secure government computer network. The revelations that followed touched off a fierce debate over the massive surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency. Now FRONTLINE investigates the secret history of the unprecedented surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11th and continues today. Through exclusive interviews with intelligence insiders, cabinet officials, and government whistle-blowers, Part One reveals how the U.S. government came to monitor the communications of millions of Americans and to collect billions of records on ordinary people around the world.
S32.E10 ∙ United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
From PBS and Frontline: In Part Two of United States of Secrets, FRONTLINE explores the role of Silicon Valley in the National Security Agency's dragnet. As big technology companies encouraged users to share more and more information about their lives, they created a trove of data that could be useful not simply to advertisers, but also to the government. The revelations of NSA contractor Edward Snowden would push Silicon Valley into the center of a debate over privacy and government surveillance.
S32.E11 ∙ The Battle for Ukraine / Syria: Arming the Rebels
From PBS and Frontline: FRONTLINE goes inside the raging battle zones of Ukraine and Syria. In Ukraine, with personal and dramatic footage, FRONTLINE reveals the confrontation between pro-democratic Ukrainian citizens and violent pro-Russian separatists vying for control of the country. And in Syria, FRONTLINE finds rebel fighters who say they're being secretly armed and trained by the United States.
S32.E12 ∙ Separate and Unequal/Omarina's Story
From PBS and FRONTLINE: Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, FRONTLINE examines the comeback of segregation in America. The film focuses on Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a group of mostly white parents are trying to form their own city with its own separate school district, leaving behind a population of black students. Through the battle in Baton Rouge, FRONTLINE shows the growing racial divide in American schools and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. Also this hour: FRONTLINE updates the story of Omarina Cabrera, a struggling student from the Bronx who today is excelling at an elite prep school in New England due to a groundbreaking program to stem the high school dropout crisis. Drawing on the 2012 film, Middle School Moment, FRONTLINE follows Omarina's achievements and challenges and shows the contrasts to her twin brother, who has remained in the Bronx.
S32.E13 ∙ Losing Iraq
From PBS and FRONTLINE: FRONTLINE examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the film traces the U.S. role from the 2003 invasion to the current violence, showing how Iraq itself is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next.
S32.E14 ∙ Ebola Outbreak
From PBS and FRONTLINE - From the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, FRONTLINE follows health officials tracking the deadly disease and trying to stop its rampant spread. With special access to teams fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the film shows how the outbreak is endangering health- care workers, overwhelming hospitals and getting worse. Also this hour, FRONTLINE investigates accounts that members of the Nigerian military have been committing atrocities in the fight against Boko Haram - the Islamist militants who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in April. Amid worldwide pressure to find the girls, FRONTLINE uncovers shocking videos showing arrests, torture and summary executions of alleged Boko Haram suspects.
S32.E16 ∙ The Trouble with Antibiotics
From PBS and FRONTLINE - FRONTLINE investigates the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is fueling the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in people. Also this hour: An exclusive interview with the family of a young man who died in a nightmare bacteria outbreak that swept through a hospital at the National Institutes of Health.
S32.E17 ∙ The Rise of ISIS
FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. As part of a special FRONTLINE series, correspondent Martin Smith reports from Iraq on how the country began coming undone after the American withdrawal and what it means for the U.S. to be fighting there again.
S32.E18 ∙ Firestone and the Warlord
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the relationship between Firestone and the infamous Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. Based on the inside accounts of Americans who ran the company's Liberia rubber plantation, and diplomatic cables and court documents, the investigation reveals how Firestone conducted business during the brutal Liberian civil war.
S32.E19 ∙ Stickup Kid
Alonza Thomas was 15 when he was convicted of armed robbery and possession of a firearm and sent to an adult prison--California's Tehachapi "supermax"--under a new state law allowing juveniles to be sentenced to adult prison for violent crimes. He was given 13 years. Thomas is interviewed, as are his mother, his lawyer and various proponents and opponents of the new law.
S33.E1 ∙ Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA
FRONTLINE investigates how the NRA uses its unrivaled political power to stop gun regulation in America. With first-hand accounts of school killings in Newtown and Columbine, and the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, "Gunned Down" examines why, despite the national trauma over gun violence, Washington hasn't acted.
S33.E2 ∙ Putin's Way
FRONTLINE investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia. Tracing his career back over two decades, "Putin's Way" reveals how the accumulation of wealth and power has led to autocratic rule and the specter of a new Cold War.
S33.E3 ∙ Being Mortal
Explores relationships between doctors and their patients nearing end of life. Follows writer and surgeon Atul Gawande as he delves into the relationships doctors have with patients are dying.
S33.E4 ∙ The Fight for Yemen
Recently President Obama pointed out that the Country of Yemen was a perfect example of US Counter Terrorism. But now the Yemeni President has be kicked out of the Capital the Houthis have control.
S33.E5 ∙ American Terrorist
FRONTLINE investigates American-born terrorist David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai. In collaboration with ProPublica, the film reveals how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned another Charlie Hebdo-like assault against a Danish newspaper.
S33.E6 ∙ Outbreak
The Inside story of the Ebola outbreak, and why it was not stopped fast enough. The filmmaker spent months traveling around the effected areas finding untold stories on how it happened before it became newsworthy.
S33.E7 ∙ The Trouble with Chicken
FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in our meat -- particularly poultry -- and why the food-safety system isn't stopping the threat. Focusing on an outbreak of salmonella Heidelberg at one of the nation's largest poultry processors, the film shows how contaminants are evading regulators and causing more severe illnesses at a time when Americans are consuming more chicken than ever.
S33.E8 ∙ Secrets, Politics and Torture
The dramatic story of the fight over the CIA's controversial interrogation methods, widely criticized as torture. Based on recently declassified documents and interviews with key political leaders and CIA insiders, the film investigates what the CIA did and whether it worked.
S33.E9 ∙ Obama at War
Watch as the filmmaker goes into the Obama administration too see the trouble that they are having controlling ISIS is Syria. The Filmmaker interviews key members of the administration to get their views of what is going right and what is going wrong.
S33.E10 ∙ Rape on the Night Shift
Following up on the award-winning collaboration that produced Rape in the Fields/Violación de un Sueño in 2013, FRONTLINE (PBS), Univision, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), the Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley, and KQED are teaming up to uncover the sexual abuse of immigrant women who clean the malls where you shop, the banks where you do business, and the offices where you work.
S33.E11 ∙ Growing Up Trans
An intimate exploration of the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their parents. Through moving, personal stories of children, parents and doctors, the film examines new medical interventions increasingly being offered at younger ages.
S33.E12 ∙ Escaping ISIS
This special report reveals the brutal regime millions of women face when living under the control of the so-called Islamic State and meets a dedicated team of men risking their lives to free them.
S33.E13 ∙ Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty
A Documentary about two filmmakers who wanted to interview El Chapo Guzman. Who was leader of one of the biggest drug cartels in history. Was finally captured in 2014 but escaped again in 2015.
S33.E14 ∙ My Brother's Bomber Part 1
The search for the Lockerbie bomber takes Ken Dornstein to Zurich and Lybia.
S33.E15 ∙ My Brother's Bomber Part 2
Filmmaker Ken Dornstein was 19 years old when his brothers plane was bombed down over Lockerbie, Scotland. 25 years after that a Libyan man was convicted of the terror plot that left over 270 people dead. He was sentenced to life in prison but was released soon after.
S33.E16 ∙ My Brother's Bomber Part 3
Filmmaker Ken Dornstein was 19 years old when his brothers plane was bombed down over Lockerbie, Scotland. 25 years after that a Libyan man was convicted of the terror plot that left over 270 people dead. He was sentenced to life in prison but was released soon after.
S33.E17 ∙ Immigration Battle
Gain insight into the hard-fought battles and secret negotiations over immigration reform on Capitol Hill. Examine President Obama's push for policy changes that could affect the fate of millions and define for decades what it means to be American.
S33.E18 ∙ Inside Assad's Syria
Join correspondent Martin Smith in Syria as he reports from government-controlled areas while the war rages. With on-the-ground reporting and firsthand accounts from Syrians caught in the crisis, the film shines new light on the ongoing conflict.
S33.E19 ∙ Terror in Little Saigon
Join the search for assassins behind a reign of terror targeting Vietnamese-American journalists. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate a series of unsolved murders and attacks, uncovering a trail from American cities to jungles in Southeast Asia.
S33.E20 ∙ ISIS in Afghanistan
Witness the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and how they're training the next generation of jihadists. With rare access to ISIS, correspondent Najibullah Quraishi sees first-hand their spreading power. Also, Pakistan's police fight against the Taliban.
S33.E21 ∙ The Taliban Hunters
In the last two years Karachi has seen a wave of kidnappings, bombings and assassinations carried out by the Taliban. Mobeen Azhar follows the police trying to stop them.
S34.E1 ∙ Netanyahu at War
The inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Amid violence in the Middle East, the film traces Netanyahu's rise to power and his high-stakes fight with the president over Iran's nuclear program.
S34.E2 ∙ Supplements and Safety
An investigation into the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight. The film examines the marketing and regulating of supplements, and cases of contamination and serious health problems.
S34.E3 ∙ The Fantasy Sports Gamble
An investigation with the New York Times into fantasy sports and online sports betting. With law enforcement cracking down, the film traces the growth of these booming businesses and goes inside their operations at home and abroad.
S34.E4 ∙ Chasing Heroin
Facing a heroin epidemic, America is experimenting with radical new approaches to the drug problem. Following four addicts in Seattle, the film examines U.S. drug policy and what happens when heroin is treated like a public health crisis, not a crime.
S34.E5 ∙ Saudi Arabia Uncovered
With undercover footage and on-the-ground reporting, FRONTLINE reveals a side of Saudi Arabia that's rarely seen, and traces the efforts of men and women who are working to bring about change.
S34.E6 ∙ Children of Syria
The story of four children from families who survived war-torn Aleppo and try to start a new life in Germany.
S34.E7 ∙ Benghazi in Crisis/Yemen Under Siege
From war-torn Benghazi, the location of the Libyan uprising is now home to ISIS warring Militias.
S34.E8 ∙ The Secret History of ISIS.
The inside story of the the radicals who became the leaders of ISIS, the many missed warning signs and the U.S. failures to stop the terror group's brutal rise.
S34.E9 ∙ Business of Disaster
When disaster strikes, who profits? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the Business of Disaster in a major, multiplatform collaboration focused on the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: the thousands still not home, the agencies that were supposed to help, and the companies that made millions.
S34.E10 ∙ Policing the Police
Step inside the Newark Police Department - one of many troubled forces ordered to reform. Writer and historian Jelani Cobb examines allegations of police abuses and the challenge of fixing a broken relationship with the community.
S34.E11 ∙ A Subprime Education/The Education of Omarina
A Subprime Education examines reports of predatory behavior and fraud in the troubled for-profit college industry and the implosion of Corinthian Colleges. The Education of Omarina details how an innovative program to stem the high school drop-out crisis has affected one girl's journey, from a public middle school in The Bronx to an elite New England private school, and now onto college.
S34.E12 ∙ The Choice 2016
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. FRONTLINE's acclaimed election-year series, "The Choice," returns - going behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped these two candidates, where they came from, how they lead and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk, "The Choice 2016" will investigate formative moments in Clinton and Trump's lives through interviews with those who know them best, providing in-depth, trustworthy reporting and powerful new insights at a moment when voters are being bombarded with conflicting partisan stories about each candidate.
S34.E13 ∙ Confronting ISIS
Investigating the U.S.-led efforts to degrade and destroy ISIS. Reporting from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey, the film examines the successes, failures, and challenges of the fight, as ISIS loses ground in the region but strikes out abroad.
S34.E14 ∙ Terror in Europe
Inside Europe's fight against the rise of Islamist terrorism. As Europe reels from a terror onslaught, top counter-terror officials describe their struggle to contain the unprecedented threat revealed by attacks in France and Belgium.
S34.E15 ∙ Exodus
Hear first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war and persecution for Europe, told through camera-phone footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys to seek safety and refuge.
S35.E1 ∙ President Trump
Examine the key moments that shaped President-elect Donald Trump. Interviews with advisors, business associates and biographers reveal how Trump transformed himself from real estate developer to entertainer to president.
S35.E2 ∙ Divided States of America - Part 1
Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign.
S35.E3 ∙ Divided States of America - Part 2
Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign.
S35.E4 ∙ Trump's Road to the White House
An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency. Through revealing interviews with campaign insiders, filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine how Trump rallied millions of supporters and defeated adversaries - and what it suggests about how he will govern.
S35.E5 ∙ Battle for Iraq
On the frontlines of the battle for Mosul, with civilians, soldiers, and ISIS suspects. Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad examines the fight and its toll, surviving a suicide bomb. Also, a dramatic report on an Iraqi unit at the center of the fight.
S35.E6 ∙ Out of Gitmo
The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
S35.E7 ∙ Iraq Uncovered
Inside Iraq, as militias and the military fight for the future of the country. The film examines the power of the militias, the impact on civilians, and the places where ISIS has been pushed out.
S35.E8 ∙ Last Days of Solitary
A look at what happens to recently released prisoners when they go from solitary confinement to the streets. Included: the long-term effects of solitary confinement; and efforts to reduce its use.
S35.E9 ∙ The Fish on My Plate
Journalist and author Paul Greenberg (Four Fish; American Catch) spends a year eating only fish. From farmed fish in Norway to the biggest wild fishery in the world off Peru, he travels to investigate the health of the ocean - as well as his own.
S35.E10 ∙ Second Chance Kids
The impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to re-evaluate juvenile murder cases.
S35.E11 ∙ Poverty, Politics and Profit
An investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. With NPR, the film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.
S35.E12 ∙ American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government
Examine the violent battle between a ranching family in the West and the federal government. See how a fight over land became deadly, invigorated a wider right-wing anti-government movement and continues to challenge prosecutors and law enforcement.
S35.E13 ∙ Bannon's War
President Trump's advisor Stephen Bannon's war - with radical Islam, Washington, and White House rivals. The story of Bannon's fight to deliver on Trump's promises, with a confrontational style based on his personal crusade to dramatically transform America.
S35.E14 ∙ Life on Parole
Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.
S35.E15 ∙ Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
The story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted after the financial crisis, and a Chinese immigrant family's fight to clear their names.
S35.E16 ∙ North Korea's Deadly Dictator
Who killed Kim Jong-un's half brother, Kim Jong-nam, and what does the murder reveal about the North Korean leader and his regime?
S35.E17 ∙ War on the EPA
Conservative political forces and causes, including skepticism about climate change, propel Scott Pruitt to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
S35.E18 ∙ Mosul
Described by some military commanders as the deadliest urban combat since World War II, the battle to drive ISIS out of Mosul as the terror group held civilians captive there was brutal and grueling. Shot over the course of the entire nine-month fight, this vivid documentary follows the experiences of four young soldiers in a team of Iraqi Special Forces tasked with leading the battle. Visceral footage of the fighting is interwoven with intimate and searching interviews with the young soldiers. Full of hope at the beginning of the campaign, the reality of fighting an elusive and vicious enemy in a city full of trapped civilians ultimately takes its toll: By the end of filming, one of the four soldiers is dead. And for the surviving soldiers, haunted by what they have seen and done, the war goes on. Mosul is a stunning look at the high cost of the Iraqi Army's victory over ISIS in the city, large parts of which have been destroyed, with hundreds of thousands of civilians still displaced.
S35.E19 ∙ Putin's Revenge (I)
How Vladimir Putin came to see the United States and Hillary Clinton in particular as enemies. Why he decided to target an American election.
S35.E20 ∙ Putin's Revenge (II)
Conclusion. The U.S. struggled to decide how to confront Vladimir Putin over Russian interference in the 2016 election. Revenge may have motivated Putin to target American democracy.
S36.E1 ∙ Exodus: The Journey Continues
The intimate stories of refugees and migrants, caught in Europe's tightened borders. Amid the ongoing migration crisis, the film follows personal journeys over two years, as countries become less welcoming to those seeking refuge.
S36.E2 ∙ The Gang Crackdown
Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since 2016, all linked to the violent gang MS-13. Numerous immigrant teens are missing. As law enforcement tries to stop the gang, FRONTLINE goes inside the crackdown - investigating how the slew of gruesome killings led to many immigrant teens being accused of gang affiliation and unlawfully detained.
S36.E3 ∙ Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part One)
Highlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.
S36.E4 ∙ Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part Two)
Frontliine explores the postulate that the current turmoil in the Middle East, particularly in Syria Iraq and Yemen, is a primarily a manifestation of a forty year power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
S36.E5 ∙ Weinstein
An investigative report into the sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein and the efforts made to silence his accusers.
S36.E6 ∙ Trump's Takeover
President Donald Trump's time in office has been marked by ongoing turmoil - including in his own Republican Party, where presidential tweetstorms, inflammatory rhetoric and high-profile dissent have fueled open conflict. In Trump's Takeover, FRONTLINE's acclaimed political team tells the inside story of a president who vowed to take down the Washington establishment, and who has fought an intense war for control of the GOP. Through interviews with longtime Republican legislators like Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), House Freedom Caucus members including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), current and former senior White House officials including Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer, authors, and journalists, Trump's Takeover examines how the president is remaking the GOP in his own image, counter-punching when criticized and publicly attacking those who defy him. The film traces the president's relationship with the GOP-led Congress, from his Twitter attacks on fellow Republicans after the failed Obamacare repeal-and-replace effort, to a split over what many in the party said was the president's inadequate response to deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, to when Congress ultimately delivered a major legislative victory for Trump with the passage of tax reform. Gripping and revealing, Trump's Takeover is a window into the potential lasting impact of the Trump era on the Republican Party and the American political system as a whole. It's the story of President Trump's takeover of the Republican Party - from the perspective of Republican lawmakers and insiders themselves.
S36.E7 ∙ McCain
The complicated relationship between Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and President Donald Trump; John McCain's life and politics, from his experience in Vietnam to his vote against the Republican health care bill.
S36.E8 ∙ Trafficked in America
Trafficked in America investigates how teenagers from Central America were smuggled into the U.S. by traffickers who promised them jobs and a better life-only to force them to live and work in virtual slavery to pay off their debt. This documentary shines new light on a labor trafficking case in which Guatemalan teens were forced by a third-party contractor to work against their will at Trillium Farms in Ohio, a major egg producer. The investigative team exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, the companies who profited from their forced labor, and how U.S. government policies and practices helped to deliver some teens directly to their traffickers.
S36.E9 ∙ Blackout in Puerto Rico
More than seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, more than 100,000 Americans are still without power, as part of the worst blackout in U.S. history. FRONTLINE and NPR investigate how the federal response in Puerto Rico left millions of Americans in the dark for months - and the storm before the storm: how Wall Street, Puerto Rico's government, and Washington fueled a debt crisis that left the island's economy in ruins and its infrastructure crippled even before Maria hit. The investigative team uncovered a trove of insider documents that show a government relief effort in chaos, struggling with key contracts, basic supplies, and its own workforce. The film, produced with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, uncovers a series of shortcomings after Maria, including how half of FEMA's staff on the island were trainees or unqualified, how contractors FEMA turned to failed to deliver hundreds of thousands of tarps, and how the Army Corps' temporary roof repair program was glaringly slow compared to other storms - putting up just 439 roofs in the first 30 days after the storm compared to more than 4,500 in the first month after Irma in Florida. Underpinning it all, Blackout in Puerto Rico delves into Wall Street's role in the island's economic demise - a crisis that left it dangerously vulnerable to a storm like Maria - and the relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S., including how Congress's withdrawal of a special tax break helped spur the Puerto Rican government's cycle of debt and borrowing. Gripping and riveting, Blackout in Puerto Rico is a must-watch look inside the ongoing recovery effort in Puerto Rico - and the economic crisis that devastated the island long before Maria.
S36.E10 ∙ Myanmar's Killing Fields
Secret footage going back years shows the effort to kill and expel Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. With accounts from victims and witnesses, the film examines evidence that security forces committed crimes against humanity.
S36.E18 ∙ Our Man in Tehran - Part 1
A fascinating and revealing view of life inside Iran, with NYTimes correspondent Thomas Erdbrink. With humor and curiosity, he shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders.
S36.E19 ∙ Our Man in Tehran - Part 2
More surprising encounters inside the closed society with NY Times correspondent Thomas Erdbrink.
S37.E1 ∙ UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Tracing allegations of sex abuse by United Nations peacemakers in conflict zones around the world; with firsthand accounts from survivors, witnesses and officials.
S37.E2 ∙ Separated: Children at the Border
The inside story of what happened to immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. The film explores the impact of the Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, and how both Trump and Obama dealt with minors at the border.
S37.E3 ∙ Documenting Hate: Charlottesville
In Documenting Hate: Charlottesville, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the white supremacists and neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. Our joint reporting has already shed new and troubling light on the events of August 11 and 12, 2017 - revealing that one participant in the violence, Vasillios Pistolis, was an active-duty Marine, and that another, Michael Miselis, worked for a major defense contractor and held a U.S. government security clearance. Now, correspondent A.C. Thompson goes even deeper, showing how some of those behind the racist violence nearly one year ago went unpunished and continued to operate around the country. This is the first in a series of two Documenting Hate films from FRONTLINE and ProPublica, with the second coming later this fall.
S37.E4 ∙ Left Behind America
The economic and social forces shaping Dayton, Ohio, a once booming city that now struggles to recover in the post-recession economy.
S37.E5 ∙ Trump's Showdown
President Donald Trump fights against the investigation of his campaign and the claim of obstruction of justice, waging a war against the special counsel, FBI and attorney general.
S37.E6 ∙ The Pension Gamble
The Pension Gamble goes inside the volatile fight over pensions that's playing out in one state, and examines the broader consequences for teachers, police officers, firefighters and public employees everywhere.
S37.E7 ∙ The Facebook Dilemma: Part 1
Original interviews and rare footage show early warnings about Facebook's impact on privacy and democracy around the world and in the U.S.
S37.E8 ∙ The Facebook Dilemma: Part 2
Original interviews and rare footage show the challenges facing Facebook and its response to charges of disrupting politics in America and around the world.
S37.E9 ∙ Documenting Hate: New American Nazis
Exposing a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military. An investigation with ProPublica shows the group's terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017 Charlottesville rally.
S37.E10 ∙ Coal's Deadly Dust
FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners, and the failure to respond. This joint investigation reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how the industry and the government failed to protect miners.
S37.E11 ∙ Targeting Yemen
The escalation of the U.S. fight against Al Qaeda and its impact on Yemen civilians.
S37.E12 ∙ Predator on the Reservation
A pediatrician is accused of abusing Native American boys on various reservations for more than a decade.
S37.E13 ∙ Right to Fail
Thousands of New Yorkers with severe mental illnesses won the chance to live independently in supported housing, following a 2014 federal court order. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate what's happened to people moved from adult homes into apartments and find more than two dozen cases in which the system failed, sometimes with deadly consequences.
S37.E14 ∙ The Trial of Ratko Mladic
The five-year war crimes trial and ultimate conviction of Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic, for masterminding the genocide of 7,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica.
S37.E15 ∙ The Mueller Investigation
The Mueller Investigation chronicles the dramatic events that led the White House and the nation to this historic moment in American politics.
S37.E16 ∙ Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore
A decorated Marine veteran fights to reunite her family after her undocumented husband is deported. David Sutherland examines the U.S. immigration system through the lives of two protagonists whose lives reveal the cost of deportation.
S37.E17 ∙ The Abortion Divide
Inside the fight over abortion through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Drawing on a landmark FRONTLINE film from the 1980s, a look at both sides of the divide in a community still embroiled in the conflict.
S37.E18 ∙ The Last Survivors
Documentary compiling the testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors living in Britain, all of whom were children at the time, and following them over the course of a year as they embark upon personal and profound journeys.
S37.E19 ∙ Trump's Trade War
President Donald Trump's gamble to confront China over trade.
S37.E20 ∙ Supreme Revenge
An investigation into the 30-year grievance that transformed the U.S. Supreme Court and turned confirmations into partisan conflicts.
S37.E21 ∙ Sex Trafficking in America
Exposing the hidden reality of sex trafficking, inside a police unit and a victim's harrowing story. Filmed over three years, a look at how victims are groomed and sold and innovative ways undercover police target traffickers and buyers.
S38.E1 ∙ Flint's Deadly Water
FRONTLINE's two-year investigation traces how a public health disaster that's become known for the lead poisoning of thousands of children also spawned one of the largest outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in U.S. history.
S38.E2 ∙ The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
On October 2, 2018, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He never walked out. Within days t was revealed that he had been murdered and dismembered by a 15-person Saudi hit squad.
S38.E3 ∙ On the President's Orders
Military police and an ordinary family from the slums provide views of President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines.
S38.E4 ∙ Zero Tolerance
Frontline investigates how President Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon that fueled division and violence.
S38.E5 ∙ Fire in Paradise
Survivors and first responders provide insight into the 2018 Camp Fire in California , the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.
S38.E6 ∙ In the Age of AI
FRONTLINE explores the promise and perils of AI. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society.
S38.E7 ∙ Kids Caught in the Crackdown/Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
An investigation into the widespread consequences and business of the mass confinement of migrant children detained under President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
S38.E8 ∙ For Sama
A young mother, Waad al-Kateab in Aleppo, Syria, kept her camera rolling - while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. A love letter from a filmmaker to her daughter - Sama.
S38.E9 ∙ Targeting El Paso
FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration's immigration testing ground, and the target of a white supremacist. Interviews tell the inside story from the epicenter of the border crisis.
S38.E10 ∙ America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump - Part 1
Barack Obama's promise of unity collapsed as increasing racial, cultural and political divisions laid the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump.
S38.E11 ∙ America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump - Part 2
Part Two examines how Trump's campaign exploited the country's divisions, how his presidency has unleashed anger on both sides of the divide, and what America's polarization could mean for the country's future.
S38.E12 ∙ Taliban Country
FRONTLINE reporter Najibullah Quraishi goes on a dangerous journey inside both Taliban- and ISIS-held territory as President Trump says he wants to end the war.
S38.E13 ∙ Battle for Hong Kong
With unique access inside the battle for Hong Kong, FRONTLINE follows five protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their struggle against growing influence from the communist government of China.
S38.E14 ∙ Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
An examination of Jeff Bezos, his extraordinarily successful online business, Amazon.com, and its increasingly questionable business practices.
S38.E15 ∙ NRA Under Fire
As the 2020 election approaches, the once-unrivaled National Rifle Association is facing both internal strife and a rising external threat: a movement led by student survivors of the Parkland mass shooting. FRONTLINE investigates the status of America's gun debate - and why the organization that has dominated it for so long is now under attack on all sides.
S38.E16 ∙ Plastic Wars
Plastic Wars With the plastic industry expanding like never before, and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
S38.E17 ∙ China Undercover
An investigation from China's Xinjiang region on the Communist regime's mass imprisonment of Muslims and its testing of surveillance technology against the population.
S38.E18 ∙ Coronavirus Pandemic
An investigation into the government response to the coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, and how the outbreak impacts poor children in the Midwest.
S38.E19 ∙ Inside Italy's COVID War
Doctors in Northern Italy are forced to make life and death decisions regarding patients infected with COVID-19; how the coronavirus outbreak impacts families in the U.S. who are already facing poverty.
S38.E20 ∙ The Virus: What Went Wrong?
A look at why the U.S. was caught unprepared by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and who is accountable for the lack of preparation and protection.
S38.E21 ∙ Opioids, Inc.
The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors & committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.
S38.E22 ∙ Once Upon A Time In Iraq
Civilians, journalists and soldiers from both sides of the conflict explain their experience during the Iraq War, from the 2003 invasion through the 17 years that followed.
S38.E23 ∙ COVID's Hidden Toll
The impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers, including farm and meat packing workers, who have become sick due to lack of protections.
S38.E24 ∙ United States of Conspiracy
The trip down the conspiracies that made Donald Trump president of the USA.
S38.E25 ∙ Love, Life & the Virus
A mother's fight to survive COVID-19 and see her newborn baby; how the novel corona-virus hit one immigrant family, their struggle to be reunited and the community that rallied around them.
S39.E1 ∙ Growing Up Poor in America
Children and their families navigate poverty, homelessness, race, and new challenges brought on by COVID-19 in Ohio.
S39.E2 ∙ Policing the Police 2020
Writer Jelani Cobb looks at race, policing and the prospects for reform in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.
S39.E3 ∙ The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Ahead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE's acclaimed series "The Choice", investigates the biographies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, focusing on how they have responded in moments of crisis.
S39.E4 ∙ America's Medical Supply Crisis
The U.S. was left scrambling for critical medical equipment as COVID-19 swept the country. FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences during a crisis.
S39.E5 ∙ Whose Vote Counts
As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts - and whose might not.
S39.E6 ∙ American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil
A post-election special on the lives, hopes and fears of Americans throughout the pandemic and in the chaotic months leading up to the historic presidential contest.
S39.E7 ∙ Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court
From Amy Coney Barrett to Robert Bork, an investigation of how a partisan war for the Supreme Court culminated in Amy Coney Barrett's controversial confirmation days before the 2020 presidential election.
S39.E8 ∙ Return From ISIS
Secrets, lies and lasting consequences. For the past four years, journalist Josh Baker has been trying to uncover the truth about an American family's journey from Indiana to the Islamic State group's caliphate and back.
S39.E9 ∙ A Thousand Cuts
With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, A Thousand Cuts goes inside the escalating war between the government and the press. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who has become a top target of President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on the news media.
S39.E10 ∙ President Biden
This FRONTLINE episode tells the story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America's 46th president. It describes the searing moments that shaped President Biden and what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.
S39.E11 ∙ Trump's American Carnage
FRONTLINE investigates Trump's siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.
S39.E12 ∙ China's COVID Secrets
The untold story of the start of the COVID pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak and lessons for the world.
S39.E13 ∙ Iraq's Assassins / Yemen's COVID coverup
FRONTLINE's Ramita Navai investigates allegations that Iranian-backed Shia militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting U.S. interests. Also a look at how COVID is worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
S39.E14 ∙ Death Is Our Business
Death Is Our Business examines in intimate and moving detail how Black funeral homes in New Orleans have had to adapt to the devastating impact of COVID-19 in their community.
S39.E15 ∙ American Insurrection
In the aftermath of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE examines how far-right groups were emboldened and encouraged by former President Trump and how individuals were radicalized and brought into the political landscape.
S39.E16 ∙ The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1
The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.
S39.E17 ∙ The Virus That Shook the World, Part 2
The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.
S39.E18 ∙ Escaping Eritrea
An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes - Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony sheds light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and forced conscription.
S39.E19 ∙ The Healthcare Divide
FRONTLINE investigates the growing inequities in American health care exposed by COVID-19 due to pressure of increasing profits, structural racism and uneven government support.
S39.E20 ∙ The Jihadist
Designated a terrorist by the United States, the powerful Syrian militant Abu Mohammad al-Jolani now seeks a new relationship with the west.
S39.E21 ∙ Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
FRONTLINE investigates the rise of far-right extremism and violence in Germany.
S39.E22 ∙ The Power of the Fed
When COVID-19 struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country's central bank continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost?
S39.E23 ∙ Leaving Afghanistan / India's Rape Scandal
Frontline's correspondent Najibullah Quraishi investigates the consequences of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also Frontline's correspondent Ramita Navai investigates a wave of shocking rape cases in India.
S39.E24 ∙ In the Shadow of 9/11
How seven men in Miami were indicted for the biggest alleged Al Qaeda plot since 9/11.
S40.E1 ∙ America After 9/11
America after 9/11 traces the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the devastating consequences that unfolded across four presidencies.
S40.E2 ∙ Boeing's Fatal Flaw
In an investigation with The New York Times, FRONTLINE examines the commercial pressures, flawed design and failed oversight behind Boeing's 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people.
S40.E3 ∙ Taliban Takeover
The Taliban take over Afghanistan and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies.
S40.E4 ∙ Pandora Papers / Massacre in El Salvador
With ICIJ, Frontline examines secret finance overseas and in the U.S. in Pandora papers. Massacre in El Salvador examines the horrors of what happened when Salvadoran soldiers killed some 1,000 civilians including children.
S40.E5 ∙ Shots Fired
Amid record police shootings in Utah, FRONTLINE investigates the use of deadly force in the state.
S40.E6 ∙ American Reckoning
Who killed Wharlest Jackson? In the upcoming documentary "American Reckoning," an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance.
S40.E7 ∙ Putin's Road to War
FRONTLINE tells the story of what led to Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine and examines the events that shaped the Russian leader, the grievances that drive him and how a growing conflict with the West exploded into war in Europe.
S40.E8 ∙ Pelosi's Power
Pelosi's Power traces Pelosi's life and legacy, her political journey across three decades, and how she has faced challenges to her leadership and to American democracy.
S40.E9 ∙ Plot to Overturn the Election
In a new investigation, FRONTLINE uncovers the sources of misinformation about the 2020 election, showing how a few people have had an massive impact on the current crisis of democratic legitimacy in the U.S.
S40.E10 ∙ Police on Trial
FRONTLINE examines the aftermath of George Floyd's murder and the struggle for police accountability.
S40.E12 ∙ Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharki. It follows displaced families trying to survive underground, civilians caught in the war, and first responders risking their lives amid the shelling.
S41.E1 ∙ Lies, Politics and Democracy
Investigates American political leaders and choices they made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S.
S41.E2 ∙ Michael Flynn's Holy War
How did Michael Flynn go from being an elite soldier overseas to waging a "spiritual war" in America?
S41.E3 ∙ Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press go inside Russia's war on Ukraine, tracing a pattern of atrocities committed by Russian troops with a focus on the Kyiv suburbs, such as Bucha, where some of the most shocking carnage was found.
S41.E4 ∙ Putin's War at Home
Facing arrest and imprisonment, activists and journalists push back against Vladimir Putin's crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.
S41.E5 ∙ Crime Scene: Bucha/After Zero Tolerance
Frontline maps the atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine through eyewitness accounts, videos and 3D data; Frontline tells the story of a Honduran family's struggle to reunite after being separated at the US-Mexico border.
S41.E6 ∙ Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, Part 1
Part 1 examines how the hacking tool was used on journalists, activists, the wife and fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and others.
S41.E7 ∙ Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, Part 2
FRONTLINE and Forbidden Films, the documentary arm of Forbidden Stories, investigate the powerful spyware Pegasus, which was sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. This two-part series, which is part of the Pegasus Project, examines how the electronic hacking tool was used on journalists, activists, the wife and fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others. Part one is subtitled "The List" and Part two is subtitled "Fallout".
S41.E8 ∙ Putin and the Presidents
Vladimir Putin's clashes with U.S. presidents as he's tried to rebuild the Russian empire.
S41.E9 ∙ Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Life in Ukraine under siege from the brutal invasion by Russia under Vladimir Putin.
S41.E10 ∙ Age of Easy Money
With the Fed raising interest rates, there is economic uncertainty among businesses and individuals. This documentary investigates how the Fed's loose monetary policy changed the U.S. economy and what could happen in the future.
S41.E15 ∙ Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court
As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the story of their path to power.
S41.E16 ∙ Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
The FRONTLINE documentary traces the long-lasting aftermath of the battle of Fallujah through two families, one Iraqi and one American.
S41.E17 ∙ America's Dangerous Trucks
Investigating deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save lives.
S41.E18 ∙ After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics
A year after the Uvalde school shooting, FRONTLINE documents the community's trauma and the fight over assault rifles. Journalist Maria Hinojosa examines the police response, Uvalde's history of struggle and its efforts to heal.
S41.E19 ∙ Putin's Crisis
With Vladimir Putin facing down a mutiny, FRONTLINE examines how the Russian leader reached this moment of crisis.
