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"The Virus That Shook The World" - Preview

The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the 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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Policing the Police 2020
54:20
Can police reform work? FRONTLINE returns to a troubled department after four years.
Growing Up Poor in America
54:22
The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of the pandemic.
Love, Life & the Virus/Undocumented in the Pandemic
54:22
Two intimate stories of immigrant families whose lives were upended by the coronavirus.
United States of Conspiracy
54:53
How conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House.
COVID's Hidden Toll
54:26
How the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers.
Once Upon A Time In Iraq
1:54:22
The story of the Iraq war & the chaos that followed, told by Iraqis who lived through it.
Opioids, Inc.
54:23
The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors.
The Virus: What Went Wrong?
1:24:22
As COVID-19 spread from Asia to Europe, why was the U.S. caught so unprepared?
Inside Italy's COVID War
54:22
Inside a hospital battling COVID-19 in Italy, doctors face life and death decisions.
Coronavirus Pandemic
54:22
FRONTLINE examines the US response to COVID-19, from Washington State to Washington, D.C.
China Undercover
54:22
FRONTLINE goes undercover to investigate China’s detention and surveillance of Muslims.
Plastic Wars
54:22
FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
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