Frontline (1983)
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.
- Ric Esther Bienstock
- Neil Docherty
- David Fanning
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Episode 1 - Netanyahu at War
Release Date: 2016-01-05The 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.
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Episode 2 - Supplements and Safety
Release Date: 2016-01-19An investigation into the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight. FRONTLINE, The New York Times and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation examine the marketing and regulation of supplements, and cases of contamination and serious health problems.
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Episode 3 - The Fantasy Sports Gamble
Release Date: 2016-02-09An 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.
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Episode 4 - Chasing Heroin
Release Date: 2016-02-23FRONTLINE looks at America's heroin crisis in a fresh and provocative light -- telling the stories of individual addicts, but also illuminating the epidemic's years-in-the-making social context, deeply examining shifts in drug policy, and exploring what happens when addiction is treated like a public health issue, not a crime.
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Episode 5 - Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Release Date: 2016-03-29With 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.
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Episode 6 - Children of Syria
Release Date: 2016-04-19The 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.
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Episode 7 - Benghazi in Crisis / Yemen Under Siege
Release Date: 2016-05-03In a special two-part hour, journalist Feras Kilani reports from inside the war-torn city of Benghazi -- the birthplace of Libya’s uprising, now besieged by ISIS and warring militias. Then, journalist Safa Al Ahmad makes a dangerous trip to report on the fighting in Yemen.
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Episode 8 - The Secret History of ISIS
Release Date: 2016-05-17From 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 warning signs. The film uncovers the terror group’s earliest plans, the Islamic radicals who became its leaders, and the American failures to stop ISIS’s brutal rise.
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Episode 9 - Business of Disaster
Release Date: 2016-05-24When disaster strikes, who profits? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the Business of Disaster, focusing on the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: the thousands still not home, the agencies that were supposed to help and the companies that made millions.
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Episode 10 - Policing the Police
Release Date: 2016-06-28How do you change a troubled police department? FRONTLINE goes inside the Newark Police Department — one of many forces in America ordered to reform. As the country’s debate over race, policing and civil rights continues to unfold, the New Yorker's Jelani Cobb examines allegations of police abuses in Newark, N.J. and the challenge of fixing a broken relationship with the community.
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Episode 11 - A Subprime Education / The Education of Omarina
Release Date: 2016-09-13FRONTLINE examines allegations of fraud and predatory behavior in the for-profit college industry. The Education of Omarina continues a story FRONTLINE has been following since 2012 — showing how an innovative program to stem the high school dropout crisis has affected one girl’s journey, from a public middle school in the Bronx to an elite New England private school, and now on to college.
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Episode 12 - The Choice 2016
Release Date: 2016-09-26Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. Veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk goes beyond 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.
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Episode 13 - Confronting ISIS
Release Date: 2016-10-10Reporting from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith examines the successes, failures and challenges of the fight against ISIS, as the terror group loses ground in the region but strikes out abroad.
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Episode 14 - Terror in Europe
Release Date: 2016-10-18As Europe reels from a terror onslaught, top security officials describe their struggle to contain the unprecedented threat revealed by attacks in France and Belgium.
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Episode 15 - Exodus
Release Date: 2016-12-27“Exodus,” a two-hour FRONTLINE special, tells the first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war, persecution and hardship — drawing on footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys in search of safety and refuge in Europe.