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- DirectorTom O'DellStarsThomas ArnoldAngela StrehliStevie Ray VaughanThis film reveals and dissects the formative years of Stevie Ray Vaughan's career - his influences and recordings - and traces the history of Texas blues itself, identifying Vaughan's place within this larger tradition. Featuring rare archive footage, exclusive interviews and a host of other features which all at once provide the finest document on the celebrated guitarist yet to emerge.Reel to Real - 10/21/16
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsSara WeaverDaniel LevitasJess WalterDrawing upon eyewitness accounts, including interviews with Weaver's daughter, Sara, and federal agents involved in the confrontation, Ruby Ridge is an account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
- DirectorNeil DochertyStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressPaul GreenbergJournalist and author Paul Greenberg (Four Fish; American Catch) spends a year eating only fish. From farmed fish in Norway to the biggest wild fishery in the world off Peru, he travels to investigate the health of the ocean - as well as his own.5/18/17
- DirectorKen DornsteinStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressWill LymanThe impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to re-evaluate juvenile murder cases.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanSteve BannonDonald TrumpPresident Trump's advisor Stephen Bannon's war - with radical Islam, Washington, and White House rivals. The story of Bannon's fight to deliver on Trump's promises, with a confrontational style based on his personal crusade to dramatically transform America.
- DirectorPeter L. SteinStarsJacques PepinStanley TucciJosé AndrésDiscover the story of chef Jacques Pépin, a young immigrant with movie-star looks, a charming Gallic accent, and a mastery of cooking and teaching so breathtaking he became an American food icon.
- 1985– 53mTV-PG7.2 (108)TV EpisodeDirectorDoug HamiltonStarsR.W. Apple Jr.Daniel BouludBob CannardFollow Alice Waters through a year of shopping and cooking, and discover the vision of an artist and advocate, who has taken her gift for food and turned it into consciousness about the environment, nutrition and a device for social change.
- StarsMeg AndersonPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressAn investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. With NPR, the film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.
- DirectorMatthew O'NeillStarsErroll BrantleyVaughn GreshamWill LymanFollow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.
- DirectorRawand Khalid SaeedOur virtual reality cameras put you on the front line of combat in Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq, as the future of Iraq - and the fate of ISIS - is determined. Brought to you by Peter Berg's Film 45 and 44 Blue Productions.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanPeter BakerPriyanka BoghaniHow Vladimir Putin came to see the United States and Hillary Clinton in particular as enemies. Why he decided to target an American election.
- DirectorMichael CollinsA deeper conversation about "moral injury" and society's role in war.
- DirectorJohn ScheinfeldStarsGracie AllenWoody AllenAnn-MargretA look at the life and career of Bob Hope.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsCampbell ScottMichael HiltzikRobert BuderiTells the story of the role played by American tycoon and physicist Alfred Lee Loomis and a team of British scientists at Loomis's home laboratory outside New York City in countervailing Nazi advances in nuclear fission during World War II.
- 1983– 1h 53mTV-MA8.2 (170)TV EpisodeStarsBashar al-AssadTurki Al-FaisalAdel Al-JubeirHighlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressJim GilmorePresident Donald Trump's time in office has been marked by ongoing turmoil - including in his own Republican Party, where presidential tweetstorms, inflammatory rhetoric and high-profile dissent have fueled open conflict. In Trump's Takeover, FRONTLINE's acclaimed political team tells the inside story of a president who vowed to take down the Washington establishment, and who has fought an intense war for control of the GOP. Through interviews with longtime Republican legislators like Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), House Freedom Caucus members including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), current and former senior White House officials including Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer, authors, and journalists, Trump's Takeover examines how the president is remaking the GOP in his own image, counter-punching when criticized and publicly attacking those who defy him. The film traces the president's relationship with the GOP-led Congress, from his Twitter attacks on fellow Republicans after the failed Obamacare repeal-and-replace effort, to a split over what many in the party said was the president's inadequate response to deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, to when Congress ultimately delivered a major legislative victory for Trump with the passage of tax reform. Gripping and revealing, Trump's Takeover is a window into the potential lasting impact of the Trump era on the Republican Party and the American political system as a whole. It's the story of President Trump's takeover of the Republican Party - from the perspective of Republican lawmakers and insiders themselves.
- DirectorMark ZwonitzerMichael ChinStarsThalia MassieThomas MassieGrace Hubbard FortescueIn 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made an allegation of rape against five islanders.
- StarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressCarmen Yulín CruzMore than seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, more than 100,000 Americans are still without power, as part of the worst blackout in U.S. history. FRONTLINE and NPR investigate how the federal response in Puerto Rico left millions of Americans in the dark for months - and the storm before the storm: how Wall Street, Puerto Rico's government, and Washington fueled a debt crisis that left the island's economy in ruins and its infrastructure crippled even before Maria hit. The investigative team uncovered a trove of insider documents that show a government relief effort in chaos, struggling with key contracts, basic supplies, and its own workforce. The film, produced with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, uncovers a series of shortcomings after Maria, including how half of FEMA's staff on the island were trainees or unqualified, how contractors FEMA turned to failed to deliver hundreds of thousands of tarps, and how the Army Corps' temporary roof repair program was glaringly slow compared to other storms - putting up just 439 roofs in the first 30 days after the storm compared to more than 4,500 in the first month after Irma in Florida. Underpinning it all, Blackout in Puerto Rico delves into Wall Street's role in the island's economic demise - a crisis that left it dangerously vulnerable to a storm like Maria - and the relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S., including how Congress's withdrawal of a special tax break helped spur the Puerto Rican government's cycle of debt and borrowing. Gripping and riveting, Blackout in Puerto Rico is a must-watch look inside the ongoing recovery effort in Puerto Rico - and the economic crisis that devastated the island long before Maria.
- DirectorJames CarletonStarsSteven BauerOn April 1 1980, five individuals seeking political asylum crashed a bus through the gates of the Peruvian embassy in Havana, Cuba. In the following days, 10,000 people stormed that embassy's grounds, signifying wide-spread disdain for Cuba's dictatorship. Fearing that continued civil unrest might cause further violence, Fidel Castro proclaimed that any Cuban wishing to immigrate to the United States could board a boat at the nearby port of Mariel. In what some considered a bold move, Castro forced prisoners and street indigents to board these same boats. While only a small percentage of the 125,000 Mariel refugees were actually criminals, Castro succeeded in tarnishing the image of those fleeing the country. However, for the vast majority of those who left Cuba, this was the beginning of a costly journey to freedom. The exile would begin not only with a parting of personal possessions, but a separation from family that for many would last a lifetime. But for the Marielitos the cost of their mass exodus was outweighed by something previously unimaginable: a chance to pursue their dreams. Dr. Jose Garcia left through Mariel as a 13 year-old boy. His journey takes us through personal accounts of lives affected by the Mariel exodus, of those who departed and also those who stayed behind. Culminating with his long anticipated trip back to his birthplace, we see the emotional reuniting of family and friends as we explore and listen to the unheard 'Voices From Mariel'.
- DirectorSteven FongJeff ShulmanStarsPhyllis BeaumonteDamon BomarKristi BrownSeattle's Central District was the largest enclave of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest. The once-thriving community now finds its very existence threatened by change, which is tearing apart the social fabric of their neighborhood. With few African Americans left in the Central District, can they overcome the course of change before their community and its rich history vanish? On the Brink tells a universal story of a struggle to hold on to a sense of community in the face of change, and finding hope in a time of despair.
- StarsPeter NeufeldBarry ScheckMichael WestCases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanJohn O. BrennanMichael IsikoffPresident Donald Trump fights against the investigation of his campaign and the claim of obstruction of justice, waging a war against the special counsel, FBI and attorney general.
- DirectorJames JacobyStarsAndrew AnkerMonika BickertJames ClapperOriginal interviews and rare footage show the challenges facing Facebook and its response to charges of disrupting politics in America and around the world.
- DirectorRick RowleyStarsA.C. ThompsonAli WinstonJake HanrahanExposing a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military. An investigation with ProPublica shows the group's terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017 Charlottesville rally.
- DirectorJames BluemelStarsWill LymanPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressCivilians, journalists and soldiers from both sides of the conflict explain their experience during the Iraq War, from the 2003 invasion through the 17 years that followed.
- DirectorDaffodil AltanAndrés CedielStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressKatie WorthThe impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers, including farm and meat packing workers, who have become sick due to lack of protections.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanYamiche AlcindorMark BankstonThe trip down the conspiracies that made Donald Trump president of the USA.
- DirectorJezza NeumannStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressKatie WorthChildren and their families navigate poverty, homelessness, race, and new challenges brought on by COVID-19 in Ohio.
- StarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressJelani CobbWriter Jelani Cobb looks at race, policing and the prospects for reform in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.
- DirectorPeter W KleinStarsWill LymanPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressThe U.S. was left scrambling for critical medical equipment as COVID-19 swept the country. FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences during a crisis.
- DirectorJune CrossStarsJelani CobbTim McCumberDiane CoenenAs America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts - and whose might not.
- DirectorThomas JenningsStarsShaquan YoungThousands 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.
- DirectorElizabeth LeiterStarsMark ObenhausRebecca J. MercierLisa K. PerrieraInside the fight over abortion through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Drawing on a landmark FRONTLINE film from the 1980s, a look at both sides of the divide in a community still embroiled in the conflict.
- DirectorSteven PressmanStarsDavid StrathairnMarco BarricelliAs WW2 looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism. But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust.
- DirectorRick YoungStarsDmitri AlperovitchSteve BannonBill BishopPresident Donald Trump's gamble to confront China over trade.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanNan AronSteve BannonAn investigation into the 30-year grievance that transformed the U.S. Supreme Court and turned confirmations into partisan conflicts.
- DirectorAbby EllisStarsAbby EllisZachary BinneyPriyanka BoghaniFRONTLINE's two-year investigation traces how a public health disaster that's become known for the lead poisoning of thousands of children also spawned one of the largest outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in U.S. history.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsPriyanka BoghaniJim GilmoreWill LymanFrontline investigates how President Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon that fueled division and violence.
- 1983– TV-MA6.3 (19)TV EpisodeDirectorDaffodil AltanAndrés CedielStarsDaffodil AltanPriyanka BoghaniGarance BurkeAn investigation into the widespread consequences and business of the mass confinement of migrant children detained under President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
- StarsKate McCormickPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressFRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration's immigration testing ground, and the target of a white supremacist. Interviews tell the inside story from the epicenter of the border crisis.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanDonald TrumpCorey LewandowskiFRONTLINE investigates Trump's 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.
- DirectorJane McMullenStarsPriyanka BoghaniRome BuathongPeter DaszakThe untold story of the start of the COVID 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.
- DirectorKarim ShahStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressNajibullah QuraishiFRONTLINE reporter Najibullah Quraishi goes on a dangerous journey inside both Taliban- and ISIS-held territory as President Trump says he wants to end the war.
- DirectorJames OliverStarsRichard BiltonPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressLeaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family.
- DirectorRobin BarnwellBrent E. HuffmanKaterina MonemvassitisStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressWill LymanAn investigation from China's Xinjiang region on the Communist regime's mass imprisonment of Muslims and its testing of surveillance technology against the population.
- DirectorSasha AchilliRobin BarnwellStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressWill LymanDoctors in Northern Italy are forced to make life and death decisions regarding patients infected with COVID-19; how the coronavirus outbreak impacts families in the U.S. who are already facing poverty.
- DirectorMarcela GaviriaBrent E. HuffmanKaterina MonemvassitisStarsWill LymanA look at why the U.S. was caught unprepared by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and who is accountable for the lack of preparation and protection.
- 2020– 1h 9mTV-MA5.7 (56)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt KayStarsNathaniel WoodsPamela WoodsHeavenly WoodsThree police officers died in a shootout at a drug house in Alabama. One man was sentenced to death for the shootings, even though he was never accused of even touching the murder weapon. This is the story of Nathaniel Woods.
- StarsKevin HartAisha TylerTiffany HaddishIt follows the progression of Black comedy through the years, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose and challenge society's injustices
- DirectorBonnie BertramAn undercover investigation into Taliban's crackdown on women in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai.
- StarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.Eddie S. Glaude Jr.Tiffany GillA four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- DirectorRichard RowleyRick RowleyStarsClay ClarkJackson LahmeyerRichard LardnerHow did Michael Flynn go from being an elite soldier overseas to waging a "spiritual war" in America?
- 1983– 1h 23mTV-PG7.8 (73)TV EpisodeDirectorThomas JenningsAnnie WongStarsWill LymanErika KinetzMichael BieseckerFRONTLINE and The Associated Press go inside Russia's war on Ukraine, tracing a pattern of atrocities committed by Russian troops with a focus on the Kyiv suburbs, such as Bucha, where some of the most shocking carnage was found.
- 2020– 1h 5mTV-MA6.4 (60)TV EpisodeStarsAnita BuschLinda DoucettAnthony PellicanoIn Part 2 of this two-part series on Hollywood's dirtiest P.I. Anthony Pellicano is out of prison--and he's talking. Previously unseen evidence raises questions about why so few Hollywood stars faced consequences when Pellicano was exposed.
- 2020– 55mTV-MA6.3 (63)TV EpisodeStarsAnthony PellicanoNed ZemanRachel AbramsPart 2 reveals ex-PI Anthony Pellicano, out of prison and talking. Unseen evidence raises questions about the lack of consequences for Hollywood stars exposed during his reign.
- Follow two performers as they break down barriers in music. Opera singer J'Nai Bridges takes the stage in "A Knee on the Neck," a tribute to George Floyd. Country artist Rissi Palmer redefines success as she works on her latest album.
- DirectorJoanna RudnickA filmmaker's brother opens up about his recovery from opioid use disorder.
- DirectorGesbeen MohammadStarsWill LymanFacing arrest and imprisonment, activists and journalists push back against Vladimir Putin's crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.
- DirectorMarcela GaviriaMartin SmithStarsMartin SmithJason DempseyAbdul Salam ZaeefHow America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in the Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.
- DirectorMarcela GaviriaMartin SmithStarsMartin SmithDouglas LuteDavid PetraeusAn investigation into how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, with a focus on missteps and consequences.
- DirectorMarcela GaviriaMartin SmithStarsMartin SmithMunisa MubarizRoya RahmaniHow America's 20-year war in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of one-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.
- DirectorJames BluemelStarsAndy SerkisThe infamous battle of Fallujah is told by eye-witness accounts from journalists, soldiers and civilians.
- DirectorAmy BucherHeidi BurkeStarsGreg AbbottLalo CastilloGloria CazaresA year after the Uvalde school shooting, FRONTLINE documents the community's trauma and the fight over assault rifles. Journalist Maria Hinojosa examines the police response, Uvalde's history of struggle and its efforts to heal.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsEvgeniya AlbatsBrooke Nelson AlexanderPeter BakerWith Vladimir Putin facing down a mutiny, FRONTLINE examines how the Russian leader reached this moment of crisis.
- DirectorUrsula LiangStarsCary AspinwallIn collaboration with The Marshall Project, the first half examines how a former West Point cadet got life in prison under a "two-strikes" law. The second half documents what happens to pregnant women in prison and their newborns.
- DirectorPatrick ForbesStarsWill LymanThe story of one journalist's battle to defend free speech in Putin's Russia. With unique access, Frontline follows Nobel Peace Prize-winner Dmitry Muratov as he fights to keep his newspaper alive and his reporters safe amid a government crackdown.
- DirectorKarim ShahStarsRamita Navai