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Season 29

Frontline Season 29

October. 19,2010
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| Documentary News Talk

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.

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Frontline Season 29 Full Episode Guide

Episode 20 - The Man Behind the Mosque
First Aired: September. 27,2011

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

Episode 19 - An Optimist in Haiti
First Aired: September. 27,2011

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

Episode 18 - Top Secret America
First Aired: September. 06,2011

A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending

Episode 17 - The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists
First Aired: July. 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.

Episode 16 - The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke
First Aired: June. 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.

Episode 15 - WikiSecrets
First Aired: May. 24,2011

The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.

Episode 14 - Kill/Capture
First Aired: May. 10,2011

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

Episode 13 - Fighting for Bin Laden
First Aired: May. 03,2011

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

Episode 12 - The Silence
First Aired: April. 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.

Episode 11 - Football High
First Aired: April. 12,2011

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

Episode 10 - Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning
First Aired: March. 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

Episode 9 - Revolution in Cairo
First Aired: February. 22,2011

A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

Episode 7 - Post Mortem
First Aired: February. 01,2011

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

Episode 6 - Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper
First Aired: January. 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.

Episode 5 - Battle for Haiti
First Aired: January. 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.

Episode 4 - Facing Death
First Aired: November. 23,2010

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

Episode 3 - The Confessions
First Aired: November. 09,2010

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.

Episode 2 - The Spill
First Aired: October. 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.

Episode 1 - Death by Fire
First Aired: October. 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?

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