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FRONTLINE
The Virus That Shook The World (Part One)
Season 2021
Episode 8
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.
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FRONTLINE examines the US response to COVID-19, from Washington State to Washington, D.C.

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FRONTLINE goes undercover to investigate China’s detention and surveillance of Muslims.

54:22
FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.

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Once an unrivaled political power, the NRA is facing challenges from all sides.

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FRONTLINE examines Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ rise & the global impact of the empire he built.

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FRONTLINE follows protesters inside the battle for Hong Kong.

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A journey into Taliban-held territory in Afghanistan, and an investigation with the ICIJ.

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An investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics.

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An investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics.

54:48
How El Paso became President Trump’s immigration testing ground.

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A 2-part hour on mass confinement of migrant children and sexual exploitation in Iraq.