Seasons & episodes

S25 · E3The Lost Year in Iraq 2006-10-17 · 55 min＋

Today, as America looks for an exit strategy, FRONTLINE examines the initial, critical decisions of the U.S.-led regime in Baghdad in The Lost Year in Iraq. From the same team that produced Rumsfeld's War, The Torture Question and The Dark Side, the film is based on more than 30 interviews, most of them with the officials charged with building a new and democratic Iraq.

S25 · E4A Hidden Life 2006-11-14＋

In May 2005, Jim West, the once-popular mayor of Spokane, Wash., made headlines with rampant accusations of abuse. FRONTLINE takes a look at West’s two lives: the public and the private, the political and the deeply, disturbingly possible.

The fourth hour of News War looks at media around the globe to reveal the international forces that influence journalism and politics in the United States. The lead story focuses on the new Arab media and its role in both mitigating and exacerbating the clash between the West and Islam. With a focus on Al Jazeera and how it has changed the face of a parochial and tightly controlled Arab media, this hour explores Al Jazeera's growing influence around the world -- from Muslim communities in Europe to the pending launch of a new English-language service that will be broadcast in the United States.

S25 · E6Hand of God 2007-01-16＋

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Day after day scores of bodies litter the streets of Baghdad. To staunch the violence, the U.S. has spent billions to "stand up" the Iraqi forces. In Gangs of Iraq, a joint production of FRONTLINE and the "America at a Crossroads" series, FRONTLINE takes a hard look at how the four-year training effort has fared and how the coalition-trained forces have themselves been infiltrated by various sectarian militias. Now, with President Bush sending new U.S. troops to Iraq, it remains to be seen if America and its allies can build a national Iraqi army and police and restore order.

S25 · E8News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin 2007-02-20＋

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest growing religions, and its influence circles the globe. The church has 12 million members today and over half of them live outside the United States. Yet the birth of Mormonism and its history is one of America's great neglected narratives. This four-hour documentary brings together FRONTLINE and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in their first co-production to provide a searching portrait of this fascinating but often misunderstood religion. Produced by award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney ("Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero," "John Paul II: The Millennial Pope"), the film will explore the richness, the complexities, and the controversies of the Mormons' story as told through interviews with leaders and members of the church, with leading writers and historians, and with supporters and critics of the Mormon faith.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest growing religions, and its influence circles the globe. The church has 12 million members today and over half of them live outside the United States. Yet the birth of Mormonism and its history is one of America's great neglected narratives. This four-hour documentary brings together FRONTLINE and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in their first co-production to provide a searching portrait of this fascinating but often misunderstood religion. Produced by award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney ("Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero," "John Paul II: The Millennial Pope"), the film will explore the richness, the complexities, and the controversies of the Mormons' story as told through interviews with leaders and members of the church, with leading writers and historians, and with supporters and critics of the Mormon faith.

S25 · E11Hot Politics 2007-04-24＋

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S25 · E12When Kids Get Life 2007-05-08＋

It’s often said that kids have their whole lives ahead of them. What happens when, early on, that life becomes a life in prison? FRONTLINE examines the convictions of the children who committed murder, and how they’re viewed in the eyes of the law.

S25 · E13Spying on the Home Front 2007-05-15＋

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S25 · E14Endgame 2007-06-19＋

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With 35 million elderly people in America, “the old, old” — those over 85 — are now considered the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. While medical advances have enabled an unprecedented number of Americans to live longer and healthier lives, this new longevity has also had unintended consequences. For millions of Americans, living longer also means serious chronic illness and a protracted physical decline that can require an immense amount of care, often for years and sometimes even decades. Yet just as the need for care is rising, the number of available caregivers is dwindling. With families more dispersed than ever and an overburdened healthcare system, many experts fear that we are on the threshold of a major crisis in care.

For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive, and often bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, as the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys, FRONTLINE meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.

S26 · E2Showdown With Iran 2007-10-23 · 55 min＋

As the U.S. and Iran compete for influence across the Middle East, FRONTLINE examines how U.S. efforts to install democracy in Iraq have served to strengthen Iran’s position as an emerging global power.

S26 · E3On Our Watch 2007-11-20 · 54 min＋

The world vowed “never again” after the genocide in Rwanda and the atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Then came Darfur. In On Our Watch, FRONTLINE asks why the United Nations and its members once again failed to stop the slaughter.

S26 · E4The Medicated Child 2008-01-08 · 116 min＋

Millions of U.S. children are taking psychiatric drugs, most never tested on kids. Good medicine - or an uncontrolled experiment?

S26 · E5Growing Up Online 2008-01-22 · 54 min＋

What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age in the Internet era? This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Program.

S26 · E6A Dangerous Business Revisited 2008-02-05＋

Five years ago, FRONTLINE and The New York Times joined forces to investigate death and dismemberment in one of America's most dangerous industries -- the iron pipe foundry business. One company stood out, the McWane Corporation. It had more health and safety violations than all of its competitors combined, and there were a number of environmental violations as well. In the five years since our original broadcast, federal prosecutors obtained indictments against and juries convicted the company in five cases in four states. Today McWane says it has made a dramatic turnaround and that worker safety and environmental protection are now high priorities. FRONTLINE revisits its original broadcast with correspondent Lowell Bergman who then reports on what has changed at McWane and whether the company has become a less dangerous business.

S26 · E7Rules of Engagement 2008-02-19 · 116 min＋

What happened that November day in Haditha, Iraq gets to the heart of the war U.S. troops are fighting. This report received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form.

S26 · E8Bush's War (1) 2008-03-24 · 145 min＋

On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE unfolds the full saga of the war in a two-part, definitive broadcast.

S26 · E9Bush's War (2) 2008-03-25 · 114 min＋

The inside story of the war that will define a presidency -- a war that no one expected, and no one planned for.

S26 · E10Bad Voodoo's War 2008-04-01 · 56 min＋

FRONTLINE captures the realities of war through a "virtual embed" with a National Guard platoon serving in Iraq.

S26 · E11Sick Around the World 2008-04-15 · 56 min＋

In the debate over health care, what might the U.S. learn from the successes and failures of five other capitalist democracies?