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FrontlineSeason 29

Episodes

  • E01 Death by Fire

    Oct 19, 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?

  • E02 The Spill

    Oct 26, 2010

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

  • E03 The Confessions

    Nov 9, 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.

  • E04 Facing Death

    Nov 23, 2010

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

  • E05 Battle for Haiti

    Jan 11, 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.

  • E06 Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper

    Jan 18, 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.

  • E07 Post Mortem

    8.0

    Feb 1, 2011

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

  • E09 Revolution in Cairo

    Feb 22, 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

    Mar 29, 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

    Apr 12, 2011

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

  • E12 The Silence

    Apr 19, 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

    May 3, 2011

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

  • E14 Kill/Capture

    May 10, 2011

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

  • E15 WikiSecrets

    May 24, 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

    Jun 28, 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

    Jul 26, 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

    Sep 6, 2011

    A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending

  • E19 An Optimist in Haiti

    Sep 27, 2011

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

  • E20 The Man Behind the Mosque

    Sep 27, 2011

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

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