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.

Watch Latest: S2025 E1

54m 23s

Invasion of the Capitol Was Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight

2m 35s

On Jan. 6, 2021, a mob of President Trump's supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol building, while Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. The rioters had planned online for weeks in plain sight, raising questions about why the police presence was so easily overwhelmed.

"A Thousand Cuts" — Trailer

2m 18s

With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, "A Thousand Cuts" goes inside the escalating war between the press and the government. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who has become a top target of President Duterte's crackdown on the news media.

Maria Ressa and Ramona Diaz on Amanpour and Company

15m 15s

Christiane Amanpour hosts a roundtable conversation about the new documentary “A Thousand Cuts” with director Ramona Diaz and film subject Maria Ressa, a prime target in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on the press.

"Return From ISIS" - Preview

32s

The story of an American mother who takes her son to the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. A special report three years in the making investigating how the family ended up in Syria and what happened when they came home to the United States.

2020: Year in Review | FRONTLINE

2m 28s

From the coronavirus pandemic to protests to the polls, 2020 has been a year of tumult — and FRONTLINE has covered it every step of the way. Whatever 2021 may hold, you can count on FRONTLINE to keep bringing you journalism that’s fair, trusted and transparent.

"Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court" - Preview

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An investigation of how a 30-year-old grievance sparked an epic and bitter political struggle for control of the country’s highest court. FRONTLINE traces how Mitch McConnell’s decades-long strategy to reshape the Supreme Court led to Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation.

"American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil" - Preview

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A FRONTLINE post-election special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans, from the pandemic to the polls. This documentary was filmed around the U.S. for much of the year, following Americans as they dealt with COVID-19 in their communities this spring, responded to George Floyd’s killing this summer, and then experienced this divisive election and its aftermath this fall.

"Whose Vote Counts" - Trailer

1m 15s

As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts — and whose might not. With Columbia Journalism Investigations and USA Today, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb reports on allegations of voter disenfranchisement, rhetoric and realities around mail-in ballots, and how the pandemic could impact turnout.

"Whose Vote Counts" - Preview

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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.

"America's Medical Supply Crisis" - Preview

30s

Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.

La Elección 2020: Trump vs. Biden

1h 53m

En este especial de dos horas del veterano cineasta de FRONTLINE Michael Kirk y su equipo, escuche a los amigos, familiares, colegas y adversarios acerca de los desafíos que dieron forma a las vidas de Trump y Biden y podría informar cómo enfrentarán las crisis que enfrenta la nación en este momento crucial.

How Biden’s Stutter Shaped His Approach to Life & Politics

6m 1s

"The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden" examines how both candidates have responded to crises throughout their lives — starting back at the beginning. This excerpt goes inside Joe Biden's formative struggle with stuttering as a child.

How Childhood & Military School Shaped Trump

6m 45s

"The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden" examines how both candidates have responded to crises throughout their lives — starting back at the beginning. This excerpt goes inside how Donald Trump was shaped by both his stern and demanding father and his time at military school.

"The Choice 2020: Trump v. Biden" — Trailer

3m 20s

Ahead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE's critically acclaimed series "The Choice" returns with interwoven investigative biographies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The 2-hour special examines the defining moments that shaped their lives, their approach to power, and their visions for America’s future at this pivotal juncture.

"Policing the Police 2020" - Preview

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George Floyd's killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake of those protests, New Yorker writer and historian Jelani Cobb returns to a troubled police department he first visited four years ago to examine whether reform can work, and how police departments can be held accountable.

"Growing Up Poor in America" - Preview

31s

The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.

Amor, Vida y el Virus

24m 59s

Una colaboración de FRONTLINE y Univisión. La película fue dirigida por Oscar Guerra y cuenta la historia de Zully, una joven madre, y su lucha para sobrevivir al COVID-19 después de haber sido intubada para dar a luz y haber estado cerca de tres semanas en coma, mientras su esposo Marvin y su hijo mayor, Junior, se recuperaban del virus.

Love, Life and the Virus

34m 4s

Follow a mother’s fight to survive COVID-19 and see her newborn baby. FRONTLINE filmmaker Oscar Guerra documents how the coronavirus hit one immigrant family, their struggle to be reunited, and the community that rallied around them.

Undocumented in the Pandemic

20m 49s

From FRONTLINE, The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, “Undocumented in the Pandemic” tells the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to stay together, while their father is detained by ICE in a facility where COVID-19 is spreading.

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