Frontline, Vol. 40
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Season 40 of FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling, from immigration to politics, global issues and more.
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Plastic Wars
Did the plastic industry use recycling to sell more plastic? With the industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
Did the plastic industry use recycling to sell more plastic? With the industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
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China Undercover
A special undercover report from China’s secretive Xinjiang region. Investigating the Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of Muslims, and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology against the population.
A special undercover report from China’s secretive Xinjiang region. Investigating the Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of Muslims, and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology against the population.
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Opioids, Inc.
The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.
The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq
The Iraq war as you’ve never seen it before, as told by Iraqis who lived through those dangerous times. From the fall of Saddam to the end of ISIS, now Iraqis from all backgrounds share their insight into what it meant to survive those violent years.
The Iraq war as you’ve never seen it before, as told by Iraqis who lived through those dangerous times. From the fall of Saddam to the end of ISIS, now Iraqis from all backgrounds share their insight into what it meant to survive those violent years.
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United States of Conspiracy
How conspiracy theorists have transformed politics and spread misinformation. An updated film tracing the alliance of Donald Trump, Alex Jones and Roger Stone, and the latest on their roles in the battle over truth and lies.
How conspiracy theorists have transformed politics and spread misinformation. An updated film tracing the alliance of Donald Trump, Alex Jones and Roger Stone, and the latest on their roles in the battle over truth and lies.
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Love, Life & the Virus
Love, Life & The Virus: A mother’s fight to survive COVID and see her newborn baby. Also: Undocumented in the Pandemic: how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting immigrant families. Produced in partnership with The Marshall Project.
Love, Life & The Virus: A mother’s fight to survive COVID and see her newborn baby. Also: Undocumented in the Pandemic: how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting immigrant families. Produced in partnership with The Marshall Project.
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- EPISODE 7
Growing Up Poor in America
The experience of child poverty against the backdrop of the pandemic and increasing racial tensions. Set in Ohio, follow children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.
The experience of child poverty against the backdrop of the pandemic and increasing racial tensions. Set in Ohio, follow children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.
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Policing the Police 2020
Race, policing and the struggle to hold departments accountable. In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb examines prospects for reform and returns to the case of one troubled department he first visited in 2016.
Race, policing and the struggle to hold departments accountable. In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb examines prospects for reform and returns to the case of one troubled department he first visited in 2016.
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America's Medical Supply Crisis
Why was the U.S. left scrambling for critical medical equipment as COVID-19 swept the country? With the Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre, investigate the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.
Why was the U.S. left scrambling for critical medical equipment as COVID-19 swept the country? With the Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre, investigate the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.
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Whose Vote Counts
Allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement in the lead-up to the 2020 election. With Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb investigates how the pandemic is being used to sway turnout.
Allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement in the lead-up to the 2020 election. With Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb investigates how the pandemic is being used to sway turnout.