Frontline Season 29

201019 Episodes
E1

Death by Fire

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19 Oct 2010

At the center of the national death penalty debate today is the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham, put to death for the arson-murder of his three little girls. But was he guilty?

E2

The Spill

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26 Oct 2010

Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.

E3

The Confessions

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9 Nov 2010

Frontline looks at the case of the Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.

E4

Facing Death

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23 Nov 2010

The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families

E5

Battle for Haiti

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11 Jan 2011

In the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to stage a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. One year later, the gang leaders are re-asserting control in the capital, threatening the country's stability.

E6

Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper

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18 Jan 2011

Are We Safer?: Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Flying Cheaper: A follow-up to Season 28's Flying Cheap examines the trend of airlines outsourcing Maintenance; a co-production with the Investigative Reporting Workshop.

E7

Post Mortem

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1 Feb 2011

A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.

E9

Revolution in Cairo

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22 Feb 2011

A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

E10

Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning

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29 Mar 2011

Money and March Madness: An inside look at the multibillion-dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei: How Ai Weiwei dares to walk the fine line between freedom and censorship in China. The Private Life of Bradley Manning: Exclusive interview with Private Manning's father, who speaks out for the first time about his son's upbringing and troubled youth

E11

Football High

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12 Apr 2011

High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?

E12

The Silence

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19 Apr 2011

Frontline reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska.

E13

Fighting for Bin Laden

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3 May 2011

The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

E14

Kill/Capture

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10 May 2011

Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.

E15

WikiSecrets

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24 May 2011

The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.

E16

The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke

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28 Jun 2011

The Child Cases: Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years when a child dies under suspicious circumstances. Now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and questions are raised about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other cases. Educating Sergeant Pantzke: In a follow-up to College, Inc., FRONTLINE investigates how the for-profit schools are recruiting veterans with educational promises that they may not keep.

E17

The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists

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26 Jul 2011

The Pot Republic: FRONTLINE and The Center for Investigative Reporting team up to investigate California's marijuana market. Doctor Hotspot: Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his team are pioneering a practice called “hotspotting,” in which medical care is focused on the hardest-to-treat to improve their health and dramatically reduce costs. The Atomic Artists: FRONTLINE with PRI’s The World meet Chim?Pom, a provocative group of young artists using art to challenge the status quo and ask Japan to rethink their way of life.

E18

Top Secret America

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6 Sept 2011

A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending

E19

An Optimist in Haiti

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27 Sept 2011

The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.

E20

The Man Behind the Mosque

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27 Sept 2011

The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.