FRONTLINE

News and Public Affairs Series / 32 Seasons

FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the critical issues of our times - from business and health to social issues, politics and war.

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28m 40s

"I Need To Smudge My House"

5m 24s

Robin Charboneau has returned from a 20-day stint in rehab. She wants to start a new life clean and sober, or as Native Americans describe it, a new life along "the red road." For help, she turns to a spiritual elder, who arrives at her home for a purification ceremony.

Kind Hearted Woman - Long Preview

1m 4s

Coming Spring 2013 to FRONTLINE, “Kind Hearted Woman” shines a light on the epidemic of child sexual abuse on Native American reservations by following one woman’s intimate journey. Acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland follows the single mother for three years as she struggles to save her children and heal herself.

Coming in Part Two of "Kind Hearted Woman"

1m 12s

In the gripping conclusion to David Sutherland's "Kind Heated Woman," Robin Charboneau's battle for custody of her two children continues. But for Robin, Darian and Anthony, it is also a time for new beginnings, new conflicts, new struggles and new triumphs.

Newtown Divided

18m 27s

In the aftermath of the Sand Hook tragedy, President Obama called for a national conversation about guns in America. Nowhere is that conversation more intense than in Newtown, where FRONTLINE finds a town divided and explores how those closest to the tragedy are now wrestling with our nation’s gun culture and laws.

Raising Adam Lanza

32m 10s

In the wake of the mass killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, FRONTLINE investigates a young man and the town he changed forever. In collaboration with "The Hartford Courant," FRONTLINE looks for answers to the central - and so far elusive - question: Who was Adam Lanza?

Raising Adam Lanza Preview

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In the wake of the mass killings at Sandy Hook, FRONTLINE looks for answers to the elusive question: who was Adam Lanza? Also this hour: In the aftermath of the tragedy, President Obama called for a national conversation about guns in America. In Newtown, FRONTLINE explores how those closest to the tragedy are now wrestling with our nation's gun culture and laws.

The FRONTLINE Interview: William Daley

57m 4s

Obama's former chief of staff talks about the difficulties of negotiating the nation's fiscal problems with a divided GOP. "To some degree, I guess ... I underestimated that separation between Boehner and much of the caucus that he was trying to control," he tells FRONTLINE producer Jim Gilmore.

The FRONTLINE Interview: John Boehner

31m 12s

In a candid interview, the speaker discusses why he attempted to make a "grand bargain" with President Obama, why the talks were secret, what was behind the deal's failure and whether it's possible to achieve big deals in Washington.

Cliffhanger Preview

31s

FRONTLINE investigates the inside history of how Washington has failed to solve the country’s problems of debt and deficit. Drawing on interviews with key players in Congress and the White House, FRONTLINE shows how a clash of politics and personalities has taken the nation’s economy to the edge of the "fiscal cliff," and now to a second round of standoffs over the debt ceiling and sequestration.

The Untouchables Preview

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Are the CEOs of mega-banks too big to jail? Though fraudulent practices at banks contributed to America’s financial meltdown, to date no Wall Street titan has been convicted of a crime connected to the crisis. FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution.

The Education of Michelle Rhee Preview

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FRONTLINE was granted unprecedented access to Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of Washington, DC public schools during her tumultuous three-year tenure as she attempted to fix a broken school system. As Rhee returns to the national stage, FRONTLINE examines her legacy in Washington, DC, including her battles with the teachers' union and her handling of a cheating scandal in the District.

"Poor Kids" - Preview

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FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin. At a time when one in five American kids lives below the poverty line, "Poor Kids" is an is an intimate portrait of the economic crisis as it's rarely seen, through the eyes of children.

Poor Kids [2012]

53m 41s

FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin. At a time when one in five American kids lives below the poverty line, "Poor Kids" is an is an intimate portrait of the economic crisis as it's rarely seen, through the eyes of children.

Sera's Story

10m 51s

Eleven-year-old Sera, her sister and her mother moved to San Francisco in 2009. But when the economy collapsed, her mother lost her job and the family now survives on her $600 monthly unemployment checks. They live in a one-room rent subsidized apartment but are one missed payment away from returning to a homeless shelter.

The Suicide Plan Preview

31s

In this groundbreaking 90-minute film FRONTLINE explores the shadow world of assisted suicide and takes viewers inside one of the most polarizing social issues of our time – told not only by the people choosing to die, but also by their “assisters,” individuals and right-to-die organizations at risk of prosecution for their actions to hasten death.

Big Sky, Big Money, an investigation with Marketplace

31s

FRONTLINE reveals the anatomy of campaign finances on steroids, taking us to the newest battleground in the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling: the state of Montana. Airing October 30, “Big Sky, Big Money” explores the increasingly dysfunctional campaign finance system caught between the conflicting needs to protect political speech and prevent corrupting influence.

Climate of Doubt

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Four years ago, climate change was a hot issue and politicians from both sides seemed poised to act. Today public opinion on the climate issue has cooled considerably. Politicians either ignore it or proclaim their skepticism. What’s behind this massive reversal? On Oct 23, FRONTLINE goes inside the organizations that fought the scientific establishment to shift the direction of the climate debate

How Al Gore Galvanized a Movement

2m 5s

It didn't take long for "An Inconvenient Truth" -- the 2006 documentary about former Vice President Al Gore's crusade to draw attention to the threat of global warming – to galvanize the public around the issue of climate change. But the film also helped make Gore the cause's public face. So when the backlash against climate change gained traction, it quickly became a personal one.

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