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21 this season · 1634 totals2021e01 A Thousand Cuts 2021-01-09 02:00
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.
s2021e02 President Biden 2021-01-20 03:00
President Biden
FRONTLINE tells 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 shaped President-elect Biden and what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.
s2021e03 Trump's American Carnage 2021-01-27 03:00
Trump's American Carnage
From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection. 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.
s2021e04 China's Covid Secrets 2021-02-03 03:00
China's Covid Secrets
The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus 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.
s2021e05 Iraq's Assassins / COVID in Yemen 2021-02-10 03:00
s2021e06 Death Is Our Business / Love, Life & the Virus 2021-03-24 02:00
s2021e07 American Insurrection 2021-04-14 02:00
American Insurrection
Over the last three years, FRONTLINE has collaborated with ProPublica to investigate the rise of extremism in America. In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE, ProPublica, and Berkeley Journalism's Investigative Reporting Program team up to examine how far-right extremist groups have evolved in the wake of the deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally — and the threat they pose today.
s2021e08 The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1 2021-04-27 01:00
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.
s2021e09 The Virus That Shook the World, Part 2 2021-04-28 02:00
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.
s2021e10 Escaping Eritrea 2021-05-05 02:00
Escaping Eritrea
An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes — Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony shed new light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention, and indefinite forced conscription.
s2021e11 The Healthcare Divide 2021-05-19 02:00
The Healthcare Divide
FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the growing inequities in American healthcare exposed by COVID-19. The Healthcare Divide examines how the pressure to increase profits and uneven government support widen the divide between rich and poor hospitals, endangering care for low-income populations.
s2021e12 The Jihadist 2021-06-02 02:00
The Jihadist
Over most of two decades, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's life has been a roadmap of Islamist militancy in Iraq and Syria. Designated a terrorist by the United States, the powerful Syrian militant now seeks a new relationship with the West. In his first interview with a Western journalist, the former Al Qaeda commander tells FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith his fight is with Syrian President Assad, not the U.S.
s2021e13 Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right 2021-06-30 02:00
Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
FRONTLINE investigates the rise of far-right extremism and violence in Germany. The documentary traces how extremists have carried out terror plots and attacks on Jews and migrants, infiltrated the security services, and what authorities are doing to confront the growing problem.
s2021e14 The Power of the Fed 2021-07-14 02:00
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?
s2021e15 Leaving Afghanistan / India's Rape Scandal 2021-07-21 02:00
Leaving Afghanistan / India's Rape Scandal
Leaving Afghanistan: FRONTLINE investigates the consequences of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. With exclusive access to a militant wing of the Taliban, correspondent Najibullah Quraishi tells the story of Iran's growing influence across Afghanistan.India's Rape Scandal: FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai investigates a wave of shocking rape cases in India and allegations of cover-ups, even though the country's government has vowed zero tolerance.
s2021e16 In the Shadow of 9/11 2021-08-11 01:00
In the Shadow of 9/11
How seven men in Miami (the Liberty City Seven) were indicted for the biggest alleged Al Qaeda plot since 9/11. From the director of Leaving Neverland, the bizarre story of an FBI sting that led to a terror prosecution, though the men had no weapons or connection to Al Qaeda.
s2021e17 America After 9/11 2021-09-08 01:00
America After 9/11
From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker and chronicler of U.S. politics Michael Kirk and his team, this documentary traces the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the devastating consequences that unfolded across four presidencies.Drawing on both new interviews and those from the dozens of documentaries Kirk and his award-winning team made in the years after 9/11, this two-hour special offers an epic re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed America. From the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the January 6 insurrection, America After 9/11 exposes the legacy of September 11 — and the ongoing challenge it poses for the president and the country.
s2021e18 Boeing's Fatal Flaw (2021) 2021-09-15 02:00
Boeing's Fatal Flaw (2021)
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.FRONTLINE released an updated version of this documentary on March 12, 2024.
s2021e19 Taliban Takeover 2021-10-13 01:00
Taliban Takeover
The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter Najibullah Quraishi (Leaving Afghanistan, Taliban Country) investigates uncertainty and fear among the Afghan people and revisits the lead-up to the U.S. defeat and the Taliban's return.
s2021e20 Pandora Papers / Massacre in El Salvador 2021-11-10 03:00
Pandora Papers / Massacre in El Salvador
Pandora Papers: A trove of nearly 12 million confidential documents, collectively known as the Pandora Papers, reveals the hidden assets and secret deals of some of the world's wealthiest and most influential people, including 130 billionaires, 35 current and former world leaders, and more than 330 politicians and public officials.The documents — shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) by an anonymous source — include records from 14 financial service providers worldwide. The leaked files illustrate the global entanglement of political power and secretive offshore finance and how U.S. trusts are sheltering millions in controversial assets. For close to two years, ICIJ led an investigation into these documents with 150 media organizations, including FRONTLINE. Massacre in El Salvador: This film examines the horrors of what happened when U.S.-trained and -equipped Salvadoran soldiers killed some 1,000 civilians, many of them children. FRONTLINE, Retro Report, and ProPublica's investigation follows the ongoing fight for justice for the horrific 1981 attack on the village of El Mozote and surrounding areas, and how today the case against high-ranking military officials is faltering under Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
s2021e21 Shots Fired 2021-11-24 03:00
Shots Fired
Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state. With local journalism partner The Salt Lake Tribune, FRONTLINE examines police training, tactics, and accountability, as well as racial disparities in the use of force.