FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.
Air Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2021 10:00 PM
Over the last three years, FRONTLINE has collaborated with ProPublica to investigate the rise of extremism in America. In the aftermath of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE and ProPublica team up again to examine how far-right groups were emboldened and encouraged by former President Trump and how individuals were radicalized and brought into the political landscape.
Air Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2021 10:00 PM
A special edition of FRONTLINE features two new reports. In the first, watch an investigation of allegations that Iranian-backed Shia militias in Iraq are threatening and killing critics with impunity. The second report details how COVID in Yemen is worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis.
Air Date: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 9:00 PM
The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak, and lessons for the world.
Air Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 10:00 PM
From his first days as president to his last, Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection. The film recounts his siege on his enemies – the media and even the leaders of his own party – who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.
Air Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2021 10:00 PM
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 what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.
Air Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2021 8:00 PM
This film by Ramona S. Diaz examines Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the press. It focuses on journalist Maria Ressa of the independent news site Rappler, who is currently facing jail time under a cyber libel law. The film follows Ressa and her colleagues, and key players in the government.
Air Date: Tue, Nov 17, 2020 10:00 PM
A FRONTLINE election special: the lives, fears and hopes of Americans from the pandemic to the polls. Filmed around the country for much of the year, Americans confront the pandemic, racial tensions, the polarizing election and its aftermath.
Air Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2020 9:00 PM
Investigating the lives and characters of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as they compete to be president. Those who know them best reveal key moments that made both men and shape how they would lead America through a time of crisis.
Air Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2020 9:00 PM
FRONTLINE investigates race, policing and the movement to hold police departments accountable. In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, reporter Jelani Cobb examines prospects for reform, and returns to the case of one troubled department he first visited in 2016. Pictured: a demonstrator raises his arms toward a convoy of police vehicles during a protest in Oakland, California in May 2020.
Air Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2020 10:00 PM
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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