Back to Show
Watch Preview
FRONTLINE
Right to Fail
Season 2019
Episode 3
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.
Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By

54:23
Investigating the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and the missteps.
Oscar Winner, Documentary Feature

1:37:15
The Oscar-winning film documenting the Russian siege of Mariupol.
54:23
How Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell helped transform the Supreme Court and U.S. politics.

1:54:23
Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter.

1:24:24
The Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today.

53:08
The story of one journalist’s battle to defend free speech in Putin’s Russia.

54:23
A two-part special looking at a little-known "two-strikes" law, and pregnancy in prison.

54:23
How Russian President Vladimir Putin reached this moment of crisis.

52:55
Inside the protests that rocked Iran after the death of a young woman in police custody.

54:23
Investigating deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save lives.

54:23
A year after the Uvalde shooting, documenting the community’s trauma and efforts to heal.

54:23
The enduring story of the battle of Fallujah, told by the people who lived through it.