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The Card Game
November 24, 2009
at 9pm
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As credit card companies face rising public anger, new regulation from ...
A Death in Tehran
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November 17, 2009
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At the height of the protests following Iran's controversial presidential ...
Close to Home
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October 27, 2009
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Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how the middle class is faring in this ...
The Warning
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October 20, 2009
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In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, "Frontline" sifts ...
Obama's War
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October 13, 2009
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Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, ...
Breaking the Bank
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June 16, 2009
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The bets were huge and risky - billions of dollars on the housing market. ...
The Madoff Affair
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May 12, 2009
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In the mid-1960s, Bernard Madoff tapped money from Jewish businessmen ...
The Released
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April 28, 2009
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This year, hundreds of thousands of prisoners with serious mental illnesses ...
Poisoned Waters
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April 21, 2009
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More than three decades after the Clean Water Act was supposed to make ...
Black Money
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April 7, 2009
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"Frontline" investigative correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the shadowy ...
Sick Around America
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March 31, 2009
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As the worsening economy leads to massive job losses - potentially increasing ...
Ten Trillion and Counting
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March 24, 2009
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All of the measures by the federal government to stem the tide in the ...
Inside the Meltdown
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February 17, 2009
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"Frontline" investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 ...
My Father, My Brother and Me
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February 3, 2009
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In 2004, journalist Dave Iverson received the same news that had been ...
Dreams of Obama
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January 20, 2009
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On the night of Barack Obama's historic inauguration, "Frontline" examines ...
The Old Man and the Storm
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January 6, 2009
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Six months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, producer ...
The Hugo Chavez Show
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November 25, 2008
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"Frontline" looks at Venezuela's controversial and outspoken president ...
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
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November 11, 2008
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In the wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, ...
The War Briefing
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October 28, 2008
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The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest ...
The Choice 2008
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October 14, 2008
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It is one of the most memorable presidential elections in decades. It ...
Young and Restless in China
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June 17, 2008
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This spring, "Frontline" explores the generation coming of age in China ...
Heat
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April 22, 2008
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For years, big business - from oil and coal companies to electric utilities ...
Storm Over Everest
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May 13, 2008
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As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ...
Sick Around the World
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April 15, 2008
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Four in five Americans say the health care system in the United States ...
Bad Voodoo's War
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April 1, 2008
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In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band ...
Bush's War (Part 2)
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March 25, 2008
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9/11 and Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, WMD and the Insurgency, Guantanamo, ...
Bush's War (Part 1 of 2)
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March 24, 2008
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9/11 and Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, WMD and the Insurgency, Guantanamo, ...
Rules of Engagement
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February 19, 2008
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"Frontline" cuts through the fog of war to reveal the untold story of ...
Growing Up Online
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January 22, 2008
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"Frontline" looks at the impact of the Internet on adolescence through ...
The Medicated Child
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January 8, 2008
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With over four million children now on behavior modifying medications ...
On Our Watch
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November 20, 2007
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The world said, "Never Again!" after the Holocaust, and yet Cambodia, ...
The Undertaking
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October 30, 2007
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In this moving and powerful film, "Frontline" enters the world of Thomas ...
Showdown With Iran
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October 23, 2007
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As Iraq descends into chaos and civil war, "Frontline" examines the rise ...
Cheney's Law
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October 16, 2007
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For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive, and ...
The Endgame
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June 19, 2007
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As the United States begins one final effort to secure victory through ...
Spying on the Home Front
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May 15, 2007
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"Frontline" addresses an issue of major consequence for all Americans: ...
When Kids Get Life
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May 8, 2007
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The U.S. is one of the very few countries in the world that allows children ...
Hot Politics
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April 24, 2007
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"Frontline" and the Center for Investigative Reporting go behind the scenes ...
News War: What's Happening to the News
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February 27, 2007
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The third hour of "News War" puts viewers on the front lines of an epic ...
So Much So Fast
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April 3, 2007
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When he was 29 years old, Stephen Heywood was diagnosed with ALS - also ...
News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part 2)
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February 20, 2007
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Part two continues with the legal jeopardy faced by a number of reporters ...
News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (Part 1)
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February 13, 2007
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In the first installment of a new, four-part special, "Frontline" examines ...
A Hidden Life
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May 22, 2007
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On May 6, 2005, the residents of Spokane, Washington, awoke to one of ...
The Lost Year in Iraq
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June 12, 2007
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In the aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, a group of Americans led ...
Return of the Taliban
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January 29, 2008
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"Frontline" reports from the lawless Pakistani tribal areas along the ...
Living Old
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March 17, 2009
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With 35 million people in America now age 65 and older, "the old old" ...
The Tank Man
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June 5, 2007
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On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators ...
Sex Slaves
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May 5, 2009
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An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose ...
The Meth Epidemic
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January 30, 2007
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Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What ...
Private Warriors
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March 24, 2007
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"Frontline" returns to Iraq, this time to embed with Halliburton/KBR, ...
A Jew Among the Germans
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October 7, 2007
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As a young boy, Marian Marzynski survived the Holocaust in Poland. But ...
Karl Rove - The Architect
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March 8, 2008
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President George W. Bush called him "the architect" of his re-election ...
The Soldier's Heart
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March 20, 2007
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As the War in Iraq continues, the first measures of its psychological ...
Al Qaeda's New Front
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March 13, 2007
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Mosques burn and a filmmaker is murdered in a culture clash between Muslims ...
Secret History of the Credit Card
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March 6, 2007
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The average American family today carries ten credit cards. Credit card ...
A Dangerous Business Revisited
first aired:
February 5, 2008
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Each year, six thousand Americans lose their lives on the job. Tens of ...
Inside the Teenage Brain
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December 11, 2007
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It's the mystery of mysteries - especially to parents. Now the experts ...
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Part 2 of 2)
December 22, 2009
at 8pm
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"Frontline" explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging ...
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Part 1 of 2)
December 15, 2009
at 8pm
(#1610)
"Frontline" explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging ...
