Seasons & episodes
S29 · E1Death by Fire 2010-10-19
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?
S29 · E2The Spill 2010-10-26
Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
S29 · E3The Confessions 2010-11-09
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.
S29 · E4Facing Death 2010-11-23
The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families
S29 · E5Battle for Haiti 2011-01-11
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.
S29 · E6Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper 2011-01-18
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.
S29 · E7Post Mortem 2011-02-01
A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.
S29 · E9Revolution in Cairo 2011-02-22
A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
S29 · E10Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning 2011-03-29
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
S29 · E11Football High 2011-04-12
High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?
S29 · E12The Silence 2011-04-19
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.
S29 · E13Fighting for Bin Laden 2011-05-03
The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
S29 · E14Kill/Capture 2011-05-10
Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.
S29 · E15WikiSecrets 2011-05-24
The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
S29 · E16The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke 2011-06-28
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.
S29 · E17The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists 2011-07-26
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.
S29 · E18Top Secret America 2011-09-06
A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending
S29 · E19An Optimist in Haiti 2011-09-27
The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.
S29 · E20The Man Behind the Mosque 2011-09-27
The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.