Frontline
TV-PG
8.6
1983
Documentary
, News
, Talk
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.
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- Cast:
- Will Lyman
Episode 18 : Stickup Kid
December. 17,2014
What happens when we lock up juvenile offenders in adult prisons? “Stickup Kid,” a FRONTLINE digital exclusive, tells the story of Alonza Thomas — sent to adult prison in California at age 16 — and how spending over a decade behind bars impacted him.
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Episode 17 : Firestone and the Warlord
November. 18,2014
What are the costs of doing business in a war zone? On Nov.18, 2014, FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the relationship between Firestone and the infamous Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. Based on the inside accounts of Americans who ran the company’s Liberia rubber plantation, and diplomatic cables and court documents, the investigation reveals how Firestone conducted business during the brutal Liberian civil war.
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Episode 16 : The Rise of ISIS
October. 28,2014
FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. As part of a special FRONTLINE series, correspondent Martin Smith reports from Iraq on how the country began coming undone after the American withdrawal and what it means for the U.S. to be fighting there again.
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Episode 15 : The Trouble with Antibiotics
October. 14,2014
FRONTLINE investigates the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is fueling the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in people. Also this hour: An exclusive interview with the family of a young man who died in a nightmare bacteria outbreak that swept through a hospital at the National Institutes of Health.
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Episode 11 : The Battle for Ukraine / Syria: Arming the Rebels
May. 27,2014
FRONTLINE draws on personal and dramatic footage to reveal the deep-seated hatreds between right-wing Ukrainian nationalists with historic ties to the Nazis and violent pro-Russian separatists vying for control of the country.
FRONTLINE finds Syrian rebel fighters who say they’re being secretly armed and trained by the United States.
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Episode 10 : United States of Secrets (2)
May. 20,2014
The role of Silicon Valley in the National Security Agency's surveillance program is explored.
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Episode 9 : United States of Secrets (1)
May. 13,2014
The history of the National Security Agency's unprecedented surveillance program is investigated.
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Episode 8 : Prison State
April. 29,2014
There are roughly 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S., with a disproportionate number coming from a few city neighborhoods. More than two years in the making, Prison State takes an intimate look at the cycle of incarceration in America, and one state’s effort to reverse the trend.
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Episode 7 : Solitary Nation
April. 22,2014
With extraordinary access, award-winning producer and director Dan Edge (Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown, Kill/Capture, The Wounded Platoon) takes you to the epicenter of the raging debate about prison reform. Solitary Nation brings you an up-close, graphic look at a solitary confinement unit in Maine’s maximum security prison.
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Episode 6 : TB Silent Killer
March. 25,2014
Tuberculosis was once thought to be a disease of the past. But with virulent new drug-resistant strains emerging faster than ever, TB — passed simply by a cough or a sneeze — is the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease on the planet. In TB Silent Killer, FRONTLINE presents an unforgettable portrait of the lives at the pandemic’s epicenter.
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Episode 5 : Secrets of the Vatican
February. 25,2014
Secrets of the Vatican tells the epic, inside story of the collapse of the Benedict papacy — and illuminates the extraordinary challenges facing Pope Francis as he tries to reform the powerful Vatican bureaucracy, root out corruption, and chart a new course for the troubled Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion followers.
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Episode 3 : Syria's Second Front / Children of Aleppo
February. 11,2014
Three years in to Syria’s civil war, rebel forces aren’t just fighting the Assad regime. They’re also vying for control against a group known as ISIS. FRONTLINE correspondent Muhammad Ali — a Syrian native himself, and one of only a few reporters to make it safely into, and then out of, Syria’s northern front in recent months — delivers a gripping report from inside a country in turmoil.
A startling portrait of everyday life in a war zone, through the eyes of children.
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Episode 2 : Secret State of North Korea
January. 14,2014
FRONTLINE shines a light on the hidden world of the North Korean people, revealing how ordinary citizens are resisting one of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
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Episode 1 : To Catch a Trader
January. 07,2014
FRONTLINE tracks an ongoing seven-year investigation into the largest insider trading scandal in U.S. history.
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