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Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

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1983-01-17

In its premiere broadcast, Frontline investigates the underbelly of the NFL--the secret connections between professional football and the world of spo... Read More

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1983-01-24

On the morning of November 3,1979, five civil rights demonstrators were killed by a group of Klan and Nazi Party members in Greensboro, North Carolina... Read More

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1983-01-31

Frontline correspondent Charles Cobb journeys to a Washington, DC that tourists rarely see. The nation's capital, seventy-five percent black, faces wi... Read More

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1983-02-07

For thirty-four years, those who fled to Taiwan in the wake of the Communist victory have had only their memories and fantasies of mainland China. Now... Read More

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1983-02-14

In 1982,a man was discovered hanging from a bridge over the Thames River in London. He was Roberto Calvi, head of Italy's largest bank and chief advis... Read More

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1983-02-21

Frontline investigates the power of the Pentagon as a business and economic force in the domestic economy. Politicians find themselves chasing Pentago... Read More

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1983-02-28

Frontline looks beyond the cliches and stereotypes in the debate over gun control. Visiting prison inmates, victims of gun crime, and the sharpest min... Read More

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1983-03-07

Kojo Odo, a 42 year-old single black man, took in his first child a decade ago-a 7 year old boy with his arm missing. No one wanted the youngster. Eac... Read More

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1991-10-15

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1991-10-22

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1991-10-29

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1991-11-05

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1991-11-12

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1991-11-19

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1991-11-26

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1991-12-03

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1992-10-13

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1992-10-20

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1992-10-21

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1992-10-27

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1992-11-10

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1992-11-17

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1992-11-24

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1993-01-19

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1993-10-12

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1993-10-19

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1993-10-26

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1993-11-09

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1993-11-16

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1993-11-30

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1993-12-14

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1994-01-18

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1994-10-18

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1994-10-25

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1994-11-01

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1994-11-08

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1994-11-15

In 1969, Hillary Rodham Clinton and four hundred other smart, privileged, young women graduated from Wellesley College into a world that for the first... Read More

53 min
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1995-01-03

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1995-01-10

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1995-01-31

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1995-10-17

FRONTLINE investigates the April 1993 FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas. With access to secret government documents, audio and... Read More

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1995-10-24

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1995-10-31

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1995-11-07

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1995-11-14

FRONTLINE takes a riveting and intimate look at a notorious murder case--the story of Maduev, a cunning Russian gangster and killer known as 'The Wolf... Read More

60 min
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1995-12-12

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1996-01-09

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1996-01-16

In this investigative biography of the outspoken and controversial speaker, which first aired in 1996, correspondent Peter J. Boyer takes an inside lo... Read More

54 min
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1996-10-08

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1996-10-15

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1996-10-22

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1996-11-19

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1996-11-26

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1997-01-14

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1997-01-21

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1997-02-25

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1997-10-07

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1997-10-14

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1997-10-21

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1997-10-28

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1997-11-11

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1997-11-18

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1998-01-20

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1998-02-03

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1998-09-21

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

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1998-09-22

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

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1998-09-23

In the concluding episode of "The Farmer's Wife," Darrel finally harvests the bumper crop he had dreamt about his whole life. But Darrel has to go to... Read More

141 min
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1998-09-29

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1998-10-06

"Washington's Other Scandal" reveals the heart of a Washington where money - not sex - is the obsession. In this special report by Bill Moyers, FRONTL... Read More

56 min
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1998-10-13

FRONTLINE's "Plague War" investigates the ever-increasing threat of biological weapons in today's world, focusing on the rise and fall of the Soviet U... Read More

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1998-10-27

In "The Child Terror," FRONTLINE correspondent Peter J. Boyer travels to Dade County, Florida to explore the impassioned roots and controversial conse... Read More

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1998-11-03
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1999-09-28

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1999-10-05

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1999-10-12

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1999-10-19

Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines the link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of... Read More

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1999-11-22

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1999-11-23

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2000-01-11

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2000-01-18

FRONTLINE explores what led Kip Kinkel, a 15-year-old Oregon boy, to kill his parents and two classmates, and shoot and injure 25 others at his high s... Read More

56 min
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2000-10-02

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2000-10-09

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2000-10-10

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2000-10-24

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2000-11-11

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2000-11-18

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2001-01-16

A look at Bill Clinton's life from the Arkansas governor's mansion through a hard-fought presidential campaign and his eight years in the White House.

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2001-01-30

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1984-01-16

Investor-owned for-profit hospital chains are aggressively marketing themselves to treat only the insured or wealthy patient. But most Americans assum... Read More

58 min
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1984-01-23

As American corporations begin to adopt a Japanese management style stressing worker involvement in a family-like corporate environment, Frontline loo... Read More

58 min
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1984-02-06

Viewing the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of Irish Americans who support the IRA and its strategy of violence. Profiles Michael Flanne... Read More

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1984-02-13

Investigating whether the tens of millions of dollars raised through the appeals of television evangelists like Jimmy Swaggart goes more to doing God'... Read More

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1984-02-27

On the eve of the 1984 New Hampshire primary, the first of four national election reports. Correspondent Richard Reeves looks behind the scenes at the... Read More

58 min
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1984-03-19

Kenneth Bianchi, who killed two women in Bellingham, Washington, and was one of the Hillside Strangler murderers in Los Angeles, almost escaped punish... Read More

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1984-03-26

Amid questionable use of psychiatric evidence in criminal proceedings, Kenneth Bianchi is revealed to be an accomplished faker.

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1984-04-02

A special election report focuses on Birmingham, Alabama -- famously a battlefield for black civil rights. Frontline correspondent Richard Reeves exam... Read More

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2001-09-13

For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly ev... Read More

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2001-10-04

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2001-10-09

Sunday night, as U.S. bombers and cruise missiles attack targets in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden released a videotape calling on Muslims worldwide to... Read More

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2001-10-18

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2001-10-25

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2001-11-08

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2001-11-15

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2001-11-22

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2002-09-03

For many Americans, the most difficult questions about 9/11 were not about politics, military strategy or homeland security. They were questions about... Read More

114 min
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2002-09-08

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2002-10-03

When the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda... Read More

86 min
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2002-10-10

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2002-10-17

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2002-11-14

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2002-11-21

In December 2001, as American forces blasted mountain hideouts in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan, hundreds of Al Qaeda soldiers fled seemingly di... Read More

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2003-01-02

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2003-10-09

Did America rush into a war in Iraq for which is was unprepared? Could the volatility in Iraq have been prevented? FRONTLINE takes an in-depth, behind... Read More

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2003-10-16

FRONTLINE and The New York Times join forces to go deep inside the war on terror at home in "Chasing the Sleeper Cell." With remarkable access to top... Read More

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2003-11-06

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2003-11-13

In "Dangerous Prescription," FRONTLINE® investigates the integrity of America's drug safety system. Through interviews with current and former FDA off... Read More

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2003-11-20

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2004-01-15

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2004-01-22

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2004-02-12

Veteran investigative team Martin Smith, Marcela Gaviria and Scott Anger continued their reporting on Iraq, setting out on a five-week journey across... Read More

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2004-09-17

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2004-10-12

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2004-10-26

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2004-11-09

FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar “persuasion industries” of advertising and public relations and how marketers have develop... Read More

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2004-11-16

FRONTLINE offers two starkly contrasting images: one of empty storefronts in Circleville, Ohio, where the local TV manufacturing plant has closed down... Read More

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2004-11-23

The surprising history and clever tactics of an industry few Americans fully understand.

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2005-01-25

Al-Qaeda's New Front is PBS documentary on Islamic terrorist network in Europe and its relationship to Islam and Al-Qaeda.

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2005-02-08

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2005-10-04

On October 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people stopped what they were doing to witness the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. For more... Read More

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2005-10-18

The 9/11 attacks lead to a “get-tough” policy for the U.S. government. FRONTLINE examines how this harsh new standard for torture worked its way aroun... Read More

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2005-11-08

The abortion debate rages on in the U.S. as laws regulating women’s access to abortion flip in each state. In what direction is the country headed on... Read More

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2005-11-22

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FRONTLINE will produce a documentary special that investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of Am... Read More

54 min
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2006-01-09

David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in easte... Read More

114 min
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2006-01-10

David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in easte... Read More

113 min
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2006-01-11

David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in easte... Read More

114 min
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2006-02-07

Hidden cameras trail "Olga" as she takes the women from the port of Odessa to Istanbul and then to a parking lot in the Aksaray district where the wom... Read More

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2006-10-03

Nearly seven years after the Taliban were toppled, Al Qaeda and the Taliban continue to use Pakistan as a de facto base, virtually unchallenged and fa... Read More

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2006-10-10

Soon after 9/11, an FBI informant made an alarming claim: Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had visited the town of Lodi, Calif. in the lat... Read More

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2006-10-17

Today, as America looks for an exit strategy, FRONTLINE examines the initial, critical decisions of the U.S.-led regime in Baghdad in The Lost Year in... Read More

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2006-11-14

In May 2005, Jim West, the once-popular mayor of Spokane, Wash., made headlines with rampant accusations of abuse. FRONTLINE takes a look at West’s tw... Read More

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2007-03-27

The fourth hour of News War looks at media around the globe to reveal the international forces that influence journalism and politics in the United St... Read More

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2007-01-16

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2007-04-17

Day after day scores of bodies litter the streets of Baghdad. To staunch the violence, the U.S. has spent billions to "stand up" the Iraqi forces. In... Read More

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2007-02-20

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2007-10-16

For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive, and often bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct co... Read More

56 min
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2007-10-23

As the U.S. and Iran compete for influence across the Middle East, FRONTLINE examines how U.S. efforts to install democracy in Iraq have served to str... Read More

55 min
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2007-11-20

The world vowed “never again” after the genocide in Rwanda and the atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Then came Darfur. In On Our Watch, FRONTLINE asks... Read More

54 min
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2008-01-08

Millions of U.S. children are taking psychiatric drugs, most never tested on kids. Good medicine - or an uncontrolled experiment?

116 min
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2008-01-22

What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age in the Internet era? This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding In... Read More

54 min
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2008-02-05

Five years ago, FRONTLINE and The New York Times joined forces to investigate death and dismemberment in one of America's most dangerous industries --... Read More

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2008-02-19

What happened that November day in Haditha, Iraq gets to the heart of the war U.S. troops are fighting. This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination fo... Read More

116 min
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2008-03-24

On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE unfolds the full saga of the war in a two-part, definitive broadcast.

145 min
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2009-01-02

The compelling saga of one family's efforts to rebuild their homes, and their lives, in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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2009-01-09

A rich personal and political biography of America's 44th president and what has brought him to this historic moment...

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2009-02-03

Correspondent Dave Iverson's personal journey to understand Parkinson's, the disease which has taken such a toll on his family.

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2009-02-17

How the economy went so bad, so fast and what Paulson and Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix.

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2009-03-24

How the economy went so bad, so fast and what Paulson and Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix.

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2009-03-31

FRONTLINE travels the country examining the nation's broken health care system and exploring the need for a fundamental overhaul.

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2009-04-07

FRONTLINE investigative correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the shadowy world of international bribery.

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2009-04-21

Investigating the dangerous new wave of pollutants entering our waterways and drinking water - and who's responsible.

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2010-02-02

Frontline explores how the Internet and digital media have completely transformed contemporary life.

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2010-02-09

One year after the deadly airline crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, NY, FRONTLINE investigates the accident and discovers a dramatically changed a... Read More

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2010-02-23

This past fall, an Afghan video journalist negotiated extraordinary access to a part of the country that has quietly reverted back to Taliban control.... Read More

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2010-03-02

Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or when we enter the late-stages of painful, terminal illness? The questions,... Read More

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2010-03-30

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was leveled by one of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded history. Those responsible for handling the catastrophe,... Read More

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2010-04-13

Health care reform was the first big policy deal taken on by the Obama administration. Many say the young president has bet the mid-term elections, po... Read More

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2010-04-20

In Afghanistan today, in the midst of war and endemic poverty, an ancient tradition ? banned when the Taliban were in power ? has re-emerged across th... Read More

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2010-04-27

Frontline examines both sides of the debate over vaccines. On one side, the public health community wholeheartedly endorses them. One the other, paren... Read More

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2010-10-19

At the center of the national death penalty debate today is the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham, put to death for the arson-murder of hi... Read More

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2010-10-26

Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.

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2010-11-09

Frontline looks at the case of the Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions... Read More

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2010-11-23

The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families

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2011-01-11

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 th... Read More

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2011-01-18

Are We Safer?: Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Flying Cheaper: A follow-up to Season 28's... Read More

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2011-02-01

A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious dea... Read More

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2011-02-22

A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

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1985-01-15

Frontline takes a rare look inside the new Vietnam, 10 years after the fall of Saigon and the US pullout. While the Vietnamese celebrate their victory... Read More

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1985-01-22

Seventy-two year-old James Hawkins,Sr. has turned his home and business into an armed camp. Living in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Hawkins is fig... Read More

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1985-01-29

The trial of gang members accused of conspiracy concludes this special two-part report. Through interviews in prison and inside the housing project wh... Read More

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1985-02-05

He was a convicted murderer. She was a prison volunteer. They fell in love. Frontline follows the story of Ron Cooney, who tries to work his way throu... Read More

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1985-02-12

Over a million cases of child abuse were reported in 1984-and the figure is growing. Frontline follows a dedicated group of case workers from the Emer... Read More

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1985-02-19

Professional boxing is one of the most popular and profitable sports in America. It can also be fatal. Frontline goes inside the world of fighters, pr... Read More

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1985-02-26

They went to keep the peace. But 241 died-caught in a military and political cross fire.

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1985-03-05

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh presents his first television investigation for Frontline. After six months of work, Hersh... Read More

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2011-10-11

Frontline, with ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers, takes a hard look at the FBI's investigation of the country's most notorious act of bioterrorism.

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2011-10-18

Frontline investigates President Obama's enforcement strategies and immigrant detention - who is being detained and what is happening to these detaine... Read More

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2011-11-08

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 lon... Read More

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2011-11-22

Life of a Pakistani-American David Headley.

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2012-01-03

Frontline reports on the unexpected collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort in Afghanistan.

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2012-01-17

It’s been almost a year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country’s once popu... Read More

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2012-02-14

The Interrupters presents unforgettable profiles in courage, as three former street criminals in Chicago place themselves in the line of fire to prote... Read More

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2012-02-28

An unprecedented account of the crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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2013-01-08

Examine the legacy of controversial former chancellor of Washington, DC, public schools, Michelle Rhee.

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2013-01-15

As Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term, FRONTLINE takes a probing look at the first four years of his presidency. With inside accounts from h... Read More

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2013-01-22

FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street’s leaders have escaped prosecution for any fraud related to the sale of bad mortgages.

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2013-02-12

FRONTLINE investigates the inside history of how Washington has failed to solve the country’s problems of debt and deficit. Drawing on interviews with... Read More

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2013-02-19

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, President Obama called for a national conversation about guns in America. Nowhere is that conversation mor... Read More

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2013-04-01

In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer’s Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charbo... Read More

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2013-04-09

In Syria’s rural heartland, the bloody uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a terrifying turn. The once-peaceful Orontes River valley... Read More

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2013-04-23

The Retirement Gamble raises troubling questions about how America’s financial institutions protect our retirement savings.

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2014-01-07

FRONTLINE tracks an ongoing seven-year investigation into the largest insider trading scandal in U.S. history.

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2014-01-14

FRONTLINE shines a light on the hidden world of the North Korean people, revealing how ordinary citizens are resisting one of the world’s most oppress... Read More

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2014-02-11

Three years in to Syria’s civil war, rebel forces aren’t just fighting the Assad regime. They’re also vying for control against a group known as ISIS.... Read More

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2014-02-18

Thanks to social media, today’s teens are able to directly interact with their culture — artists, celebrities, movies, brands, and even one another —... Read More

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2014-02-25

Secrets of the Vatican tells the epic, inside story of the collapse of the Benedict papacy — and illuminates the extraordinary challenges facing Pope... Read More

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2014-03-25

Tuberculosis was once thought to be a disease of the past. But with virulent new drug-resistant strains emerging faster than ever, TB — passed simply... Read More

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2014-04-22

With extraordinary access, award-winning producer and director Dan Edge (Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown, Kill/Capture, The Wounded Platoon) takes you... Read More

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2014-04-29

There are roughly 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S., with a disproportionate number coming from a few city neighborhoods. More than two years... Read More

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2015-01-06

FRONTLINE investigates how the NRA uses its unrivaled political power to stop gun regulation in America. With first-hand accounts of school killings i... Read More

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2015-01-13

FRONTLINE investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia. Tracing his career back ov... Read More

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2015-02-10

FRONTLINE follows renowned New Yorker writer and Boston surgeon Atul Gawande as he explores the relationships doctors have with patients who are neari... Read More

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2015-04-07

As recently as September, President Obama was pointing to Yemen as a model for the U.S.’s counter-terrorism strategy. But now, the country is being to... Read More

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2015-04-21

FRONTLINE investigates American-born terrorist David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai. In collaboration with ProPublic... Read More

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2015-05-05

FRONTLINE tells the vivid, inside story of how the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak began, and why it wasn’t stopped before it was too late. Filmmaker Dan Edg... Read More

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2015-05-12

FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in our meat -- particularly poultry -- and why the food-safety system isn't stopping the thre... Read More

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2015-05-19

From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk (United States of Secrets, Losing Iraq, Bush’s War, The Torture Question) comes the dramatic story of th... Read More

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2016-01-05

The inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Amid violence in the Middle East, the film traces N... Read More

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2016-01-19

An investigation into the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight. FRONTLINE, The New Yo... Read More

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2016-02-09

An investigation with The New York Times into fantasy sports and online sports betting. With law enforcement cracking down, the film traces the growth... Read More

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2016-02-23

FRONTLINE looks at America's heroin crisis in a fresh and provocative light -- telling the stories of individual addicts, but also illuminating the ep... Read More

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2016-03-29

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 wo... Read More

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2016-04-19

The story of one Syrian family struggling amid war, from the siege of their city, to the kidnapping of their father, to the shock of becoming refugees... Read More

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2016-05-03

In a special two-part hour, journalist Feras Kilani reports from inside the war-torn city of Benghazi -- the birthplace of Libya’s uprising, now besie... Read More

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2016-05-17

From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team comes the inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the United States missed the many w... Read More

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2016-09-26

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. Veteran Frontline filmmaker Michael Kirk go... Read More

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2016-10-10

Reporting from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, Frontline correspondent Martin Smith examines the successes, failures and challenges of t... Read More

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2016-10-18

As Europe reels from a terror onslaught, top security officials describe their struggle to contain the unprecedented threat revealed by attacks in Fra... Read More

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2016-12-27

The first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war, persecution and hardship — drawing on footage filmed bythe families themselves as they... Read More

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2017-01-03

Frontline examines the key moments that shaped President-elect Donald Trump. Interviews drawn from The Choice 2016 with advisors, business associates... Read More

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2017-01-17

Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, "Divided States of America" looks back at events during President Barack Obama's years in office that revealed d... Read More

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2017-01-18

Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, "Divided States of America" looks back at events during President Barack Obama's years in office that revealed d... Read More

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2017-01-24

An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency -- and what it suggests about how he will govern.

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2017-10-18

The battle to drive ISIS out of Iraq’s second-largest city was brutal and grueling. Shot over the course of the nine-month battle, “Mosul” follows one... Read More

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2017-10-25

FRONTLINE tells the inside story of how Vladimir Putin came to see the United States as an enemy — and why he decided to target an American election. Read More

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2017-11-01

FRONTLINE tells the inside story of how Vladimir Putin came to see the United States as an enemy — and why he decided to target an American election. Read More

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2017-11-22

In 2012, FRONTLINE spent months following four young children as their families struggled with financial ruin. This documentary revisits the families... Read More

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2018-01-23

The intimate stories of refugees and migrants, caught in Europe’s tightened borders. Amid the ongoing migration crisis, the film — a sequel to the awa... Read More

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2018-02-13

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 enfo... Read More

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2018-02-20

FRONTLINE investigates how a dangerous political rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war.

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2018-02-27

FRONTLINE investigates how a dangerous political rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war.

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2018-07-31

The inside story of what happened to immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. The film explores the impact of the Trump administ... Read More

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2018-08-07

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the white supremacists and neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. This is the firs... Read More

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2018-08-13

Thomas Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encoun... Read More

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2018-08-14

Thomas Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encoun... Read More

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2018-09-11

Intimate stories of one Rust Belt city’s struggle to recover in the post-recession economy. FRONTLINE and ProPublica report on the economic and social... Read More

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2018-10-02

FRONTLINE goes inside President Trump’s fight against the investigation of his campaign and whether he obstructed justice. With the threat of impeachm... Read More

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2018-10-23

FRONTLINE investigates the role of state governments and Wall Street in driving America’s public pensions into a multi-trillion-dollar hole. Marcela G... Read More

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2018-10-29

Facebook’s promise was to create a more open and connected world. Frontline finds that multiple warnings about the platform’s negative impact on priva... Read More

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2019-10-01

A year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, FRONTLINE investigates the rise of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. In a two-ho... Read More

115 min
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2019-10-08

A searing, on-the-ground look at President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly campaign against suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines, "On the Pres... Read More

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2019-10-22

How Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon that fueled division. Inside the effort by three insurgents to tap into populist anger,... Read More

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2019-10-29

A year after the devastating Camp Fire, FRONTLINE examines who’s to blame and why it was so catastrophic. With accounts from survivors and first respo... Read More

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2019-11-05

From fears about work and privacy to a rivalry between the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE explores the promise and perils of AI. The documentary traces a n... Read More

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2019-11-12

In an investigation with The Associated Press, FRONTLINE examines the widespread consequences — and business — of the mass confinement of migrant chil... Read More

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2019-11-19

In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, hav... Read More

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2020-01-07

FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration testing ground, and then the target of a white supremacist. In... Read More

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2020-07-21

An examination on how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers. The documentary follows the coronavirus pandemic’s invi... Read More

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2020-07-28

How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House. Frontline examines the alliance of conspiracy theo... Read More

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2020-08-11

Two intimate stories of immigrant families whose lives were upended by the coronavirus. "Love, Life and the Virus" follows Zully, a 30-year-old mother... Read More

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2020-09-08

The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children an... Read More

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2020-09-15

George Floyd's killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake... Read More

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2020-09-22

In this 2-hour special from veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team, hear from friends, family, colleagues and adversaries about the cha... Read More

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2020-10-06

Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press and Global Re... Read More

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2020-10-20

As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, Frontline investigates whose vote counts — and whose might not. New Yorker... Read More

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1986-01-21

While the whole world watched, 52 Americans were held hostage in Iran by Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days. On the fifth anniversary of their relea... Read More

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1986-01-28

For many doctors, practicing medicine has become a nightmare. Today, one out of every six American doctors faces a malpractice suit. Frontline takes a... Read More

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1986-02-04

The children of Chester, Pennsylvania are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, drugs, and family problems. Half of them live below the poverty line.... Read More

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1986-02-11

A unique look at the Soviet Union through the eyes of Americans as they attempt to escape the confines of a carefully managed Russian tour. They elude... Read More

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1986-02-18

Life-long smokers who say their health has been destroyed by cigarettes are suing tobacco companies. Frontline correspondent Judy Woodruff takes an in... Read More

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1986-02-25

Half of all American marriages end in divorce. Using unique access to mediation and court proceedings, Frontline profiles the couples, the lawyers, th... Read More

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1986-03-18

Eight months before the Iran-contra scandal broke, Frontline investigated the contras, probed the legality of private aid, and asked questions about t... Read More

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1986-03-25

Fabian Bridges, a homosexual prostitute, bragged he had sex with six partners a night and refused to stop even though he knew he had AIDS. In a specia... Read More

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2021-01-08

With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, we go inside the escalating war between the press and the government. The documentary follows Mari... Read More

100 min
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2021-01-19

The story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America’s next president. Those who know him best describe the searing moments that s... Read More

54 min
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2021-01-26

From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence, and insurrection. FRONTLINE investigates Trump’s siege on his enemi... Read More

54 min
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2021-02-02

The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts a... Read More

84 min
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2021-02-09

How Iranian-backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq. FRONTLINE investigates allegations that militias are threatening and killing critics with impun... Read More

54 min
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2021-03-23

At Black-owned funeral homes in New Orleans, COVID-19 reshapes the grieving process. How the pandemic has transformed mourning in a city known for its... Read More

54 min
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2021-04-13

Over the last three years, FRONTLINE has collaborated with ProPublica to investigate the rise of extremism in America. In the aftermath of the assault... Read More

84 min
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2021-04-26

The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filmin... Read More

115 min
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2022-02-15

FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the story of the 1967 killing of Wharlest Jackson Sr., a local NAACP leader in Natchez, Mississippi. The documentary f... Read More

85 min
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2022-03-15

FRONTLINE tells the story of what led to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, examining the events that shaped the Russian leader, the grievances that dri... Read More

55 min
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2022-03-22

An examination of the powerful and polarizing Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. The documentary traces Pelosi's life and lega... Read More

85 min
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2022-03-29

Frontline and ProPublica examine how lies about election fraud in 2020 have made their way to the center of American politics and how a handful of peo... Read More

55 min
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2022-04-19

FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. Part One of this three-part series chart... Read More

86 min
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2022-04-26

FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. Part Two of this three-part series explo... Read More

55 min
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2022-05-03

FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. As leading climate scientists issue new... Read More

55 min
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2022-05-31

With Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters from the Star Tribune, this documentary investigates the Minneapolis police, from the murder of George Floyd and... Read More

85 min
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2023-01-03

Investigating the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. This two-part series from FRONTLINE... Read More

55 min
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2023-01-10

FRONTLINE and Forbidden Stories investigate the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. Part... Read More

55 min
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2023-01-31

Vladimir Putin’s clashes with American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. FRONTLINE traces the miscalculations and missteps of Am... Read More

55 min
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2023-03-14

The role of the Federal Reserve’s “easy money” policies in the current economic uncertainty. From the Great Recession to the rise in inflation, FRONTL... Read More

114 min
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2023-04-04

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Talib... Read More

54 min
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2023-04-11

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Talib... Read More

54 min
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2023-04-25

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Talib... Read More

54 min
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2023-05-09

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of their path to power. This investigation from veteran filmm... Read More

114 min
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2024-01-23

Beyond Gaza, the power of Hamas, Hezbollah and other forces in the region. Correspondent Ramita Navai investigates militants in the West Bank and Leba... Read More

27 min
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2024-01-30

The roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. Amid the presidential race, examining the House J... Read More

145 min
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2024-04-16

FRONTLINE examines how thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken and held in Russian-controlled territory since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukrain... Read More

54 min
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2024-04-30

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less-lethal force.” The... Read More

54 min
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2024-05-14

With the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info, FRONTLINE investigates the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela t... Read More

84 min
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2024-06-11

FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the inside story of the protests dividing college campuses over Israel and the war in Gaza. The documentary investigat... Read More

54 min
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2024-07-23

Filmed over 34 years, two families struggle to survive in a changing American economy. Through hard times, falling wages, and loss of manufacturing jo... Read More

114 min
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2024-07-30

Since the Holocaust, Germany has worked to overcome its Nazi history. But over the past decade, Germany has faced a rising wave of far-right violence... Read More

54 min
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2025-01-21

FRONTLINE traces Donald Trump's return to the presidency, overcoming unprecedented obstacles and opposition. With insider interviews, the documentary... Read More

55 min
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2025-02-18

Investigating China's rule over Tibet, how the Communist regime controls Tibet's Buddhist population and the battle over the succession of its spiritu... Read More

55 min
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2025-03-25

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate how an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence. The documentary traces the rise of a glo... Read More

85 min
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2025-04-22

A look inside Alaska Native villages fighting for survival against climate change. With the Howard Center at ASU, FRONTLINE examines why communities a... Read More

29 min
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2025-05-06

An award-winning film that exposes the cost of opposing Vladimir Putin. FRONTLINE presents the stories of an investigative journalist and a political... Read More

84 min
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2025-05-20

A look into how Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America's lack of preparedness, and how and why the U.S. is more vulnerable than ever... Read More

54 min
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2025-06-10

FRONTLINE investigates the Assad regime’s arrest, torture and execution of detainees during the Syrian war. Former prisoners, guards, soldiers and int... Read More

84 min
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2025-07-01

FRONTLINE examines Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, correspondent Martin S... Read More

54 min
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2026-02-03

How did PFAS, the forever chemicals once used in popular stain-resistant carpets, end up in the water and environment in parts of Georgia, Alabama and... Read More

54 min
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2026-02-10

What’s next for Venezuela after the dramatic fall of Nicolás Maduro? In a documentary from the filmmakers behind "A Dangerous Assignment," FRONTLINE a... Read More

54 min
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2026-03-10

The road to war with Iran, the U.S. and Israeli roles, and the stakes for the region; an updated presentation, tracing Benjamin Netanyahu's long campa... Read More

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1987-01-27

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

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1987-02-03

Frontline examines the startling implications of what will happen when the big earthquake hits California, detailing the awesome effects as systems ru... Read More

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1987-02-10

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

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1987-02-17

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

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1987-02-24

German scientists were responsible for putting the first American on the moon. Now, 15 years later, government investigators are asking whether some o... Read More

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1987-03-03

Two million American couples desperately want babies and can’t have them. They are turning to private adoption deals brokered by lawyers and counselor... Read More

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1987-03-31

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

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1987-04-14

How could an ordinary citizen be considered a national security risk? Penn Kimball, a university professor, former New York Times editor, Rhodes schol... Read More

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1987-12-14

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

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1987-12-14

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

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1987-12-15

Independent homelands' for blacks was the centerpiece of Prime Minister Hendrick Verwoerd's vision of apartheid. Part 3 focuses on how the white gover... Read More

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1987-12-15

When PW Botha became prime minister of South Africa two years after the Soweto uprising in 1976, he realized that apartheid must ‘adapt or die.’ Part... Read More

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1987-12-16

Part 5 looks at an unprecedented meeting in the struggle for South Africa’s future. Two years before the release of Nelson Mandela, dissident white Af... Read More

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1988-01-26

Frontline traces the rise and fall of television evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker and investigates why government agencies failed to vigorously invest... Read More

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1988-02-02

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh investigates one of Ronald Reagan’s greatest truimphs-the rescue of American students during the 1983 in... Read More

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1988-02-09

Frontline goes inside the mind of Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980. Newly acquired records paint the chilling portr... Read More

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2 Reviews for Frontline
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    Super Admin

    2026-02-10

    Entertaining and well-paced from start to finish.

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    2026-03-04

    Loved every minute of this film.

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