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PREVIEWS (319)
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S2021 E2: "President Biden" - PreviewFRONTLINE tells the story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become ...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 ...
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S2021 E1: "A Thousand Cuts" — TrailerWith press freedom under threat in the Philippines, "A Thousand Cuts" goes ...With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, "A Thousand Cuts" goes inside the escalating war between the press and the government. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist ...
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S2020 E24: "Return From ISIS" - PreviewThe story of an American mother who takes her son to the ISIS-controlled city of ...The story of an American mother who takes her son to the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. A special report three years in the making investigating how the family ended up in Syria and what happened when ...
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S2019 E10: "Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court" - PreviewAn investigation of how a 30-year-old grievance sparked an epic and bitter ...An investigation of how a 30-year-old grievance sparked an epic and bitter political struggle for control of the country’s highest court. FRONTLINE traces how Mitch McConnell’s decades-long ...
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S2020 E23: "American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil" - PreviewA FRONTLINE post-election special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans, ...A FRONTLINE post-election special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans, from the pandemic to the polls. This documentary was filmed around the U.S. for much of the year, following Americans as ...
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S2020 E22: "Whose Vote Counts" - TrailerAs America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, ...As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts — and whose might not. With Columbia Journalism Investigations and USA Today, New ...
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S2020 E22: "Whose Vote Counts" - PreviewAllegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement in the lead up to the 2020 ...Allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement in the lead up to the 2020 election. With Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb investigates how the pandemic is being ...
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S2020 E21: "America's Medical Supply Crisis" - PreviewWhy was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the ...Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply ...
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S2020 E20: "The Choice 2020: Trump v. Biden" — TrailerAhead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE's critically acclaimed series "The Choice" ...Ahead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE's critically acclaimed series "The Choice" returns with interwoven investigative biographies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The ...
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S2020 E19: "Policing the Police 2020" - PreviewGeorge Floyd's killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for ...George Floyd's killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake of those protests, New Yorker writer and ...
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S2020 E18: "Growing Up Poor in America" - PreviewThe experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a ...The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of poverty, ...
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S2020 E17: "Undocumented in the Pandemic" - PreviewFrom FRONTLINE, The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, “Undocumented in ...From FRONTLINE, The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, “Undocumented in the Pandemic” tells the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to stay together, while their father is detained by ...
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S2020 E17: "Love, Life & the Virus" - PreviewA mother’s fight to survive COVID and see her newborn baby. How the ...A mother’s fight to survive COVID and see her newborn baby. How the coronavirus hit one immigrant family, their struggle to be reunited, and the community that rallied around them.
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S2020 E16: "United States of Conspiracy" - PreviewHow trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics ...How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House. FRONTLINE examines the alliance of conspiracy entrepreneur Alex Jones, Trump advisor Roger Stone, ...
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S2020 E15: "COVID's Hidden Toll" - PreviewFRONTLINE examines how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and ...FRONTLINE examines how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers. The documentary follows the coronavirus pandemic’s invisible victims, including crucial farm and ...
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S2020 E14: "Once Upon A Time In Iraq" - PreviewThis is the story of the Iraq war, told by Iraqis who lived through it. They ...This is the story of the Iraq war, told by Iraqis who lived through it. They share their personal accounts and lasting memories of life under Saddam Hussein, the U.S.-led invasion of their country and ...
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S2020 E13: "Opioids, Inc." - PreviewThe story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and ...The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a ...
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S2020 E12: "The Virus: What Went Wrong?" - PreviewAs COVID-19 spread from Asia to the Middle East to Europe, why was the U.S. ...As COVID-19 spread from Asia to the Middle East to Europe, why was the U.S. caught so unprepared? Despite repeated warnings of a potent contagion headed our way, America’s leaders failed to prepare ...
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FRONTLINE Peabody Institutional AwardFRONTLINE has been recognized by the Peabodys with an Institutional Award.FRONTLINE has been recognized by the Peabodys with an Institutional Award.
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S2020 E11: "Inside Italy's COVID War" - PreviewFRONTLINE goes inside a hospital battling the coronavirus crisis in northern ...FRONTLINE goes inside a hospital battling the coronavirus crisis in northern Italy, as doctors are forced to make life and death decisions. An intimate, exclusive story that follows one besieged ER ...
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S2020 E10: "Coronavirus Pandemic" - PreviewFRONTLINE investigates the U.S. response to COVID-19 — from Washington state ...FRONTLINE investigates the U.S. response to COVID-19 — from Washington state to Washington, D.C. — and examines what happens when politics and science collide.