Frontline - Season 37 / Year 2019

Season 37 / Year 2019

Episodes

Coal's Deadly Dust / Targeting Yemen
"Coal's Deadly Dust" and "Targeting Yemen" are both in this two-part hour per Frontline website.
"Coal's Deadly Dust" - FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners, and the failure to respond. This joint investigation reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how the industry and the government failed to protect miners.
"Targeting Yemen" - Correspondent Safa Al Ahmad reports from inside Yemen, investigating the escalation of the U.S. fight against Al Qaeda and its impact on civilians. She travels to the front lines, visiting the sites of Special Forces raids and a deadly drone strike to shed light on how the U.S. counterterrorism strategy is playing out on the ground.

Predator On The Reservation
Learn about a pediatrician accused of sexually abusing Native American boys for years.

Right To Fail
Follow a man with schizophrenia who, due to a court-ordered effort, now must live on his own.

The Trial Of Ratko Mladic
Victims call him the Butcher of Bosnia. Defenders say he protected the Serbs. With exclusive access to the prosecution and defense teams, the film chronicles the trial of Ratko Mladić accused of genocide and war crimes. FRONTLINE offers an epic story of justice, accountability and a country at odds over its bloody past.

Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Elizabeth Perez, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran, fights to reunite her family after her undocumented husband, Marcos, is deported. Meanwhile, Marcos is alone in Mexico, working as a soccer referee, struggling with depression and fighting the urge to cross the border illegally to see his family.
In a special presentation from FRONTLINE, Independent Lens and VOCES, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (Kind-Hearted Woman, Country Boys, The Farmer's Wife), examines the U.S. immigration system through two unforgettable protagonists whose lives reveal the human cost of deportation.

The Abortion Divide
FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Drawing on a landmark FRONTLINE film from the 1980s, the documentary takes a look at both sides of the abortion divide in a community still embroiled in the conflict.

The Last Survivors
As young children, they lived through the Holocaust. More than seventy years after World War II, some of the last remaining survivors recount their memories and the lingering trauma. FRONTLINE offers a haunting look at how disturbing childhood experiences and unimaginable loss have affected the daily lives and relationships of some of the Holocaust's youngest victims – from survivor's guilt to crises of faith and second-generation trauma.

Trump's Trade War
The inside story of President Trump's gamble to confront China over trade: Reporting from the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate what led the world's two largest economies to the brink, and the billions at stake.

One Day In Gaza
How mass protests on the Israel-Gaza border led to one of the deadliest days in a generation.

Supreme Revenge
Inside the no-holds-barred war for control of the Supreme Court. From Brett Kavanaugh to Robert Bork, an investigation of how a 30-year-old grievance transformed the court and turned confirmations into bitter, partisan conflicts.

Sex Trafficking In America
Sex Trafficking in America tells the unimaginable stories of young women coerced into prostitution – and follows one police unit that's committed to rooting out sexual exploitation.

Flint's Deadly Water
Five years after the start of Flint's water crisis, FRONTLINE exposes its hidden toll. Our two-year investigation traces how a public health disaster that's become known for the lead poisoning of thousands of children also spawned one of the largest outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in U.S. history — and how officials failed to stop it.

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
One year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a two-hour FRONTLINE documentary investigates the rise and rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (MBS). Correspondent Martin Smith, who has covered the Middle East for FRONTLINE for 20 years, examines the crown prince's vision for the future, his handling of dissent, his relationship with the United States — and his ties to Khashoggi's killing.

On the President's Orders
A searing, on-the-ground look at President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly campaign against suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines, "On the President's Orders" is told with unprecedented access to the police themselves implicated in the killings, families of users, and others from both sides of the nation's war on drugs. It offers a gripping, visually stunning window into this war — those carrying it out, and those most impacted by it.

Zero Tolerance
FRONTLINE investigates how President Trump turned immigration into a powerful political weapon that fueled division and violence. The documentary goes inside the efforts of three political insurgents to tap into populist anger, transform the Republican Party, and crackdown on immigration.

Fire in Paradise
A year after the devastating Camp Fire, FRONTLINE examines who's to blame and why it was so catastrophic. With accounts from survivors and first responders, the documentary tells the inside story of the most destructive fire in California's history, its causes, and the impact of climate change.

In The Age Of AI
FRONTLINE investigates the promise and perils of artificial intelligence, from fears about work and privacy to rivalry between the U.S. and China. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs, and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society.

Kids Caught In The Crackdown / Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
As the detention of migrant children has climbed to record-breaking levels under President Trump, FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate what's going on inside federally-funded shelters — and the lasting impact on children held in U.S. custody. During this two-part hour, in Iraq's Secret Sex Trade, BBC News Arabic's Nawal al-Maghafi reports from inside Iraq, where she investigates how some clerics are abusing an ancient Islamic marriage practice for the sexual exploitation of women and girls.

For Sama
For Sama tells the story of one woman's journey through love, marriage, motherhood, war, and survival during the Syrian conflict. Directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the documentary chronicles the experiences of Syrian filmmaker al-Kateab — who, starting at 26, began filming her life in the rebel-held city of Aleppo over five years. The award-winning film unfolds as a love letter from a mother to her daughter — Sama.
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