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Frontline

Season 30 2011 - 2012
TV-PG

  • 2011-10-12T01:00:00Z on PBS
  • 55m
  • 1d 25m (24 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, News, Talk Show
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

24 episodes

Season Premiere

2011-10-12T01:00:00Z

30x01 The Anthrax Files

Season Premiere

30x01 The Anthrax Files

  • 2011-10-12T01:00:00Z55m

Frontline, with ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers, takes a hard look at the FBI's investigation of the country's most notorious act of bioterrorism.

2011-10-19T01:00:00Z

30x02 Lost in Detention

30x02 Lost in Detention

  • 2011-10-19T01:00:00Z55m

Frontline investigates President Obama's enforcement strategies and immigrant detention - who is being detained and what is happening to these detainees.

2011-11-09T02:00:00Z

30x03 Syria Undercover

30x03 Syria Undercover

  • 2011-11-09T02:00:00Z55m

Reporter Ramita Navai goes undercover for a rare look at the uprising from inside Syria. Plus a profile of the dictator who has managed to hold on longer than any amidst the Arab unrest—President Bashar al-Assad.

2011-11-23T02:00:00Z

30x04 A Perfect Terrorist

30x04 A Perfect Terrorist

  • 2011-11-23T02:00:00Z55m

Life of a Pakistani-American David Headley.

2012-01-04T02:00:00Z

30x05 Opium Brides

30x05 Opium Brides

  • 2012-01-04T02:00:00Z55m

Frontline reports on the unexpected collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort in Afghanistan.

2012-01-18T02:00:00Z

30x06 Nuclear Aftershocks

30x06 Nuclear Aftershocks

  • 2012-01-18T02:00:00Z55m

It’s been almost a year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country’s once popular energy program in shambles. In response, Germany decided to abandon nuclear energy entirely. Should the U.S. follow suit? FRONTLINE correspondent Miles O’Brien examines the implications of the Fukushima accident for U.S. nuclear safety, and asks how this disaster will affect the future of nuclear energy around the world. In particular, he visits one emerging battleground: The controversial relicensing of the Indian Point nuclear plant, located only 38 miles from Manhattan. What lessons can be learned from the disaster in Japan?

2012-02-15T02:00:00Z

30x07 The Interrupters

30x07 The Interrupters

  • 2012-02-15T02:00:00Z55m

The Interrupters presents unforgettable profiles in courage, as three former street criminals in Chicago place themselves in the line of fire to protect their communities. The two-hour film follows the lives of these “Violence Interrupters,” who include the charismatic daughter of one of the city’s most notorious former gang leaders, the son of a murdered father, and a man haunted by a killing he committed as a teenager. As they intervene in disputes to prevent violence, they reveal their own inspired journeys of struggle and redemption.

An unprecedented account of the crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

2012-03-28T01:00:00Z

30x09 Murdoch's Scandal

30x09 Murdoch's Scandal

  • 2012-03-28T01:00:00Z55m

Accounts of bribery, blackmail, and privacy invasions has prompted criminal investigations on both sides of the Atlantic.

2012-04-18T01:00:00Z

30x10 The Real CSI

30x10 The Real CSI

  • 2012-04-18T01:00:00Z55m

How reliable is the science behind forensics? A Frontline investigation finds serious flaws in some of the best-known tools of forensic science.

Frontline tells the inside story of the global financial crisis. (four one-hour episodes, May 4 premier concluded).

Learn about the hidden cost of better and faster cell phone service, and about unreliable medical evidence in several child death cases.

Six Billion Dollar Bet: Jon Corzine, former head of Goldman Sachs and political power broker, took over MF Global in the spring of 2010 and lost a massive bet on European debt, with more than a billion dollars of customer funds missing. FRONTLINE investigates how Corzine’s traders went around MF Global’s risk officers and how he swayed regulators in Washington to allow risky practices to continue.

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

30x13 Al Qaeda in Yemen

30x13 Al Qaeda in Yemen

  • 2012-05-30T01:00:00Z55m

Frontline travels into the heart of Yemen's radical heartland, and shows how Al Queda is taking control of towns and cities in an attempt to establish its own state.

2012-06-27T01:00:00Z

30x14 Dollars and Dentists

30x14 Dollars and Dentists

  • 2012-06-27T01:00:00Z55m

Dental care can be a matter of life and death. Yet millions of Americans cannot afford a visit to the dentist. An investigation by Frontline and the Center for Public Integrity reveals the shocking consequences of a broken safety net.

Nearly half of the one million people in the United States infected with HIV are black men, women and children. Trace the history of the AIDS epidemic through the experiences of individuals who tell their stories.

Fast Times at West Philly High: Students and teachers from West Philadelphia High School, a public high school serving one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia, defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition and compete for the chance to be part of a technological revolution.

Middle School Moment: New evidence that suggests the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually occur in middle school. The film explores how one Bronx school is using a novel form of data collection and analysis to predict and prevent dropouts before they happen.

2012-09-19T01:00:00Z

30x17 The Battle for Syria

30x17 The Battle for Syria

  • 2012-09-19T01:00:00Z55m

Frontline takes you inside the heart of the insurgency, where rebel groups are waging a full-scale assault on the forces of President Bashar al Assad.

2012-07-25T01:00:00Z

30x18 Alaska Gold

30x18 Alaska Gold

  • 2012-07-25T01:00:00Z55m

Frontline probes the fault lines of a growing battle in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, home to the world's last great wild sockeye salmon fishery-and enormous mineral deposits.[24]

2012-09-26T01:00:00Z

30x20 Dropout Nation

30x20 Dropout Nation

  • 2012-09-26T01:00:00Z55m

What does it take to save a student?

2012-10-10T01:00:00Z

30x21 The Choice 2012

30x21 The Choice 2012

  • 2012-10-10T01:00:00Z1h 54m

A journey into the places, people, and decisive moments that made the men who are competing for the presidency. Hundreds of hours of research and dozens of original interviews reveal new details and fresh insights about the two candidates — and our choice this November.

2012-10-24T01:00:00Z

30x22 Climate of Doubt

30x22 Climate of Doubt

  • 2012-10-24T01:00:00Z1h 53m

Four years ago, climate change was a hot issue and politicians from both sides seemed poised to act. Today public opinion on the climate issue has cooled considerably. Politicians either ignore it or proclaim their skepticism. What’s behind this massive reversal? FRONTLINE goes inside the organizations that fought the scientific establishment to shift the direction of the climate debate.

2012-10-30T01:00:00Z

30x23 Big Sky, Big Money

30x23 Big Sky, Big Money

  • 2012-10-30T01:00:00Z55m

FRONTLINE travels to the remote epicenter of the campaign finance debate for a tale of money, politics, and intrigue. How has the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision changed campaigns in America? Ask Montana, which has tried to challenge the ruling in court, is investigating alleged campaign abuses and is playing host to a bitter race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.

2012-11-14T02:00:00Z

30x24 The Suicide Plan

30x24 The Suicide Plan

  • 2012-11-14T02:00:00Z1h 23m

FRONTLINE explores the underground world of assisted suicide and takes viewers inside one of the most polarizing social issues of our time – told not only by the people choosing to die, but also by their "assisters," individuals and right-to-die organizations that put themselves in legal jeopardy by helping others to die.

Season Finale

2012-11-21T02:00:00Z

30x26 Poor Kids

Season Finale

30x26 Poor Kids

  • 2012-11-21T02:00:00Z55m

Through the stories of three families told over the course of half a decade, FRONTLINE explores what poverty means to children in America.

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