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CNN Presents

All Episodes 2003 - 2014

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  • 2003-10-09T04:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 1d 7h (31 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
CNN Presents is an American documentary program on CNN weekends. The program used to be replaced with CNN Special Investigations Unit, which features the same documentary format, but expands upon it in a number of ways and is shorter in length. The program is a regular weekly series that looks in-depth in the important news stories of the times. Notably, the program has been a winner of a number of different awards, including the International Documentary Association Best Documentary Series award. Previous to his departure from CNN, Presents was hosted and narrated by Aaron Brown. While CNN Presents was broadcast on the network, a specialized CNN Presents logo was shown in the corner without the news ticker on the screen. CNN Presents has been revived since its presentation of God's Warriors by Christiane Amanpour in August 2007, and later with Planet in Peril and Black in America.

44 episodes

2003-10-09T04:00:00Z

2003x15 Fit To Kill

2003x15 Fit To Kill

  • 2003-10-09T04:00:00Z1h

No one knows how many thousands of Iraqis were killed in the war that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime. But if history is any guide, some of the troops who saw combat will come home to face a longer battle -- with their memories. The sights, the sounds and the smells of killing may follow soldiers for years. CNN correspondent Candy Crowley examines the effects of war through the eyes of three combat veterans in "Fit To Kill." An examination of how soldiers cope with killing in combat; and the impact it has on them once they return home. The documentary features insights from military historian David Steighan; retired Lt. Col. David Grossman, author of “On Killing”; neuro-biologist Dr. James McGaugh; and Col. Jim Stokes, an Army psychiatrist.

Season Premiere

2005x01 Autism is a World

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Season Premiere

2006x01 We Were Warned: Tomorrow's Oil Crisis

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What if a hurricane wiped out Houston, Texas, and terrorists attacked oil production in Saudi Arabia? "CNN Presents" looks at a hypothetical scenario about the vulnerability of the world's oil supply, the world's remaining sources of oil and explores the potential of alternative fuels.

CNN Presents: Undercover in the Secret State follows Korean-American journalist Jung Eun Kim as she tracks down a new breed of dissident in North Korea. These dissidents are using small digital cameras and cell phones to show the world the brutal life inside North Korea.

2006-07-01T04:00:00Z

2006x03 Dirt Track Warriors

2006x03 Dirt Track Warriors

  • 2006-07-01T04:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2007-08-21T04:00:00Z

2007x01 God’s Jewish Warriors

Season Premiere

2007x01 God’s Jewish Warriors

  • 2007-08-21T04:00:00Z1h

A three-part CNN Presents documentary produced by Christiane Amanpour in which she examines the rise of religious fundamentalism as a political force in the world. The documentary was filmed in the United States, Europe and Middle East. It focuses on the three major monotheistic religions of the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The three chapters are titled God’s Jewish Warriors, God’s Muslim Warriors, and God’s Christian Warriors. The first describes the Jewish settlement movement in Israel and the fund-raising in the United States that supports it, while the second presents issues of radical Islam and Sharia law. The final segment focused on the United States and the political influence of Christian religious leaders.

2007x02 God’s Muslim Warriors

  • 2007-08-22T04:00:00Z1h

A three-part CNN Presents documentary produced by Christiane Amanpour in which she examines the rise of religious fundamentalism as a political force in the world. The documentary was filmed in the United States, Europe and Middle East. It focuses on the three major monotheistic religions of the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The three chapters are titled God’s Jewish Warriors, God’s Muslim Warriors, and God’s Christian Warriors. The first describes the Jewish settlement movement in Israel and the fund-raising in the United States that supports it, while the second presents issues of radical Islam and Sharia law. The final segment focused on the United States and the political influence of Christian religious leaders.

A three-part CNN Presents documentary produced by Christiane Amanpour in which she examines the rise of religious fundamentalism as a political force in the world. The documentary was filmed in the United States, Europe and Middle East. It focuses on the three major monotheistic religions of the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The three chapters are titled God’s Jewish Warriors, God’s Muslim Warriors, and God’s Christian Warriors. The first describes the Jewish settlement movement in Israel and the fund-raising in the United States that supports it, while the second presents issues of radical Islam and Sharia law. The final segment focused on the United States and the political influence of Christian religious leaders.

Season Premiere

2008-04-03T04:00:00Z

2008x01 Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination

Season Premiere

2008x01 Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination

  • 2008-04-03T04:00:00Z1h

Soledad O'Brien examines the April 4, 1968, assassination of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. Included: the story of escaped convict James Earl Ray, who confessed to the murder; alternative theories; comments from investigators and witnesses.

2008-11-13T05:00:00Z

2008x02 Escape from Jonestown

2008x02 Escape from Jonestown

  • 2008-11-13T05:00:00Z1h

Witnesses and survivors of the Jonestown tragedy speak.

Season Premiere

2010-03-13T05:00:00Z

2010x01 Her Name Was Steven

Season Premiere

2010x01 Her Name Was Steven

  • 2010-03-13T05:00:00Z1h

The story of Susan Stanton, formerly known as Steve Stanton, the one-time city manager of Largo, Fla., who was fired in 2007 after it was learned that she had decided to undergo a male-to-female gender change. The documentary chronicles her transformation.

Long before DNA science was a courtroom staple, Wayne Williams was convicted of killing two adults and accused in the murders of more than 20 children. Did recent DNA tests prove that Williams really is the Atlanta child killer?

Season Premiere

2011-01-30T05:00:00Z

2011x01 Rogue Justice

Season Premiere

2011x01 Rogue Justice

  • 2011-01-30T05:00:00Z1h

Drew Griffin reports on an audit of North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation's crime lab that uncovered irregularities in more than 200 cases, including three that resulted in the defendants being found guilty and executed.

Recalling the Branch Davidians, the cult led by David Koresh that came to a fiery end in April 1993 following a 51-day standoff with the ATF and FBI at their compound near Waco, Texas. Included: a timeline of events leading up to the tragedy; recordings of conversations between FBI negotiators and Koresh. Drew Griffin reports.

A profile of Prince William's fiancée Kate Middleton, featuring remarks from university friend Jules Knight and royal photographer Arthur Edwards. Also: how the pair have honored the life and legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales. Soledad O'Brien reports.

Drew Griffin examines the 2009 conviction of American exchange student Amanda Knox in Italy for the murder of her flatmate, focusing on the evidence used against her and prosecutorial behavior that may call into question her conviction. Included: an interview with the chief prosecutor, Giuliano Mignini.

Chris Lawrence reports on the long hunt for Osama bin Laden that ended May 1, 2011, with his death during a Navy SEAL raid on his Pakistan hideout. Included: insights from terrorism analyst Peter Bergen, former CIA director Michael Hayden, former CIA officer Gary Berntsen and CNN correspondents Barbara Starr, Ed Henry and Nic Robertson, as well as political analyst Gloria Borger.

Mel Gibson is profiled.

Detailing the tornado damage in the central U.S. Reporters: Drew Griffin; David Mattingly.

Detailing the tornado damage in the central U.S. Reporters: Drew Griffin; David Mattingly.

Kaj Larsen reports on WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, detailing the controversy that surrounds the Web site and the evolution of Assange from hacker to provocateur. Included: remarks from Assange via interviews he gave journalist Mark Davis, former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt (USA Ret.) and Guardian journalist Nick Davies, who shares the concerns he had with Assange's decision to release sensitive military reports without redacting names.

Amber Lyons reports on the roles played by online activists in fomenting change in North African and Middle Eastern countries, including Tunisia and Egypt. Also: the revolutionary movements in Libya, Syria and Yemen.

The U.S. space shuttle program is examined. Included: NASA administrator Charles Bolden on NASA's future; a family that witnessed the first shuttle launch in 1981; inside Discovery, the shuttle that has flown the most flights; the site in Utah where the shuttle boosters were built. Reporter: John Zarrella.

Brooke Baldwin reports on an effort to solve a series of slayings of young Midwestern women by sending a convicted drug dealer into a prison to befriend the man suspected of killing them.

Larry King interviews the cast of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane. Also: James and Oliver Phelps (aka the Weasley twins) lead a tour of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida.

2011-07-17T04:00:00Z

2011x14 Episode 2011x14

2011x14 Episode 2011x14

  • 2011-07-17T04:00:00Z1h

The hunt for and arrest of alleged Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger; the U.S. presence in the Arctic; the sport of cheerleading.

2011-07-24T04:00:00Z

2011x15 Episode 2011x15

2011x15 Episode 2011x15

  • 2011-07-24T04:00:00Z1h

Possible civil-rights abuses in Minneapolis' Anoka-Hennepin school district, where bullied students have committed suicide; the mystery behind the bodies of four prostitutes found along a Long Island beach; a Costa Rica refuge for poached monkeys.

Among the heroes of September 11th were female rescue workers who raced to the Twin Towers in the wake of the attack. Anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien tells the stories of female law enforcement officers, fire fighters, EMS workers and others who spent their lives defying macho stereotypes as they fought for access to jobs that require them to risk their lives for others. Among the heroines is an African-American probationary firefighter whose company lost 7 of the 343 that died that day, and a young mother and decorated police officer last seen directing others to safety just before the WTC collapsed. O’Brien profiles these unsung heroes and, of the survivors, reports their present-day health struggles, their continuing mourning, and their determination to be prepared for the next attack.

2011x41 Selling the Girl Next Door

  • 2011-01-23T05:00:00Z1h

Selling the Girl Next Door takes viewers into the world of underage American girls caught up in the violent sex trade. Thousands of girls under the age of 18 are ensnared into lives of prostitution annually, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Many are runaways or “throwaways” trapped in “the oldest profession” by pimps who sell them using modern sales and marketing techniques, including online classified websites. In a year-long investigation, CNN correspondent Amber Lyon reveals the devastating realities of the business of underage sex — speaking to a young teen runaway sold online from a Las Vegas hotel, the men that obsessively seek Internet sex connections, and women long into careers as sex workers who were trafficked as teens or children. Along the way, Lyon interviews well-known brothel owner Dennis Hof. Hof’s sex workers describe their own dark pasts and the frightening underworld of underage sex trafficking. Lyon also goes undercover herself, posting an online ad, and taking calls from solicitors — and Internet pimps — to understand more about how girls are victimized by traffickers.

Season Premiere

2012-05-05T04:00:00Z

2012x01 In the Footsteps of Bin Laden

Season Premiere

2012x01 In the Footsteps of Bin Laden

  • 2012-05-05T04:00:00Z1h

Through personal interviews, Christiane Amanpour finds the history and evolution of Osama bin Laden.

2012-03-09T05:00:00Z

2012x02 72 Hours Under Fire

2012x02 72 Hours Under Fire

  • 2012-03-09T05:00:00Z1h

First hand accounts of the dangerous journey and coverage in Homs, Syria from the correspondents, producers and news executives of CNN.

Season Premiere

2013-08-01T04:00:00Z

2013x01 Our Nixon

Season Premiere

2013x01 Our Nixon

  • 2013-08-01T04:00:00Z1h

Three of Nixon's top aides -- H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Dwight Chapin -- documented their experiences with home movie cameras during their time in the White House. A few years later, they were all in prison. Now, that footage seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation is presented in a new documentary along with other rare footage and interviews to reveal a new look of the Nixon presidency as never seen before.

Produced by multiple EMMY® Award-winning executive producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (HBO’s John Adams and The Pacific), and EMMY® Award-winning producer Mark Herzog (History’s Gettysburg) of Herzog & Company (HCO). The two-hour film explores the events on the day that changed the nation – and the world, as well as how the public’s perceptions of what happened that day have changed through the years. The film reviews the most controversial findings of the Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, also known as the Warren Commission Report. Through analysis from experts and contributions from eye witnesses, the film appraises the findings – and explores the context of the development of the report. The Assassination of President Kennedy attempts to explain why, five decades later, so many Americans feel the Commission’s investigation was lacking in transparency – which may have inadvertently contributed to the persistent existence of conspiracy theories that surround the assassination of the president.

Season Premiere

2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

2014x01 Roots: Our Journey Home

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2014x01 Roots: Our Journey Home

  • 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z1h

Storytelling is at the core of what CNN does, and in a week-long series beginning Sunday, October 12th, thirteen of the network’s prominent hosts and anchors set out on a journey to find their ROOTS. These journalists embark on an emotional journey across continents as they discover never-before-known details of their family histories. CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Michaela Pereira will host a two hour special featuring 12 of the network’s hosts and anchors stories. The special will also include interviews with Anderson Cooper, Michaela Pereira, Erin Burnett and Dr. Sanjay Gupta about what the experience has meant to them personally.

Season Premiere

2016x01 9/11: Fifteen Years Later

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