Frontline - Season 42 / Year 2024

Amid concerns of a widening conflict in the Middle East, correspondent Ramita Navai reports from the West Bank about the growing tensions on the ground. With the war raging in Gaza, Navai investigates rising support for militant groups, including Hamas, since the Oct. 7 attack, Israel's ongoing military campaign in the West Bank, and the implications for a region on edge.

Note: "Israel's Second Front" ran for 30 minutes in this one-hour time slot. FRONTLINE re-aired "Failure at the Fence" for the other 30 minutes, which premiered December 19, 2023, with "Netanyahu, America and the Road to War in Gaza."

FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. With the presidential race for 2024 underway, veteran political filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine the House Jan. 6 committee's evidence, the historic charges against Trump and the threat to democracy.

As new questions arise about Boeing's troubled 737 Max jet, FRONTLINE and The New York Times update aa award-winning investigation into the design, oversight, and production of a plane that was involved in two crashes that killed 346 people. FRONTLINE aired the first episode on September 14, 2021.

FRONTLINE examines how thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken and held in Russian-controlled territory since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The documentary follows Ukrainian families searching for their missing children, organizations investigating the alleged abductions and Ukrainian teenagers who escaped and say they were subjected to Russian propaganda.

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint and other "less-lethal force." The documentary and accompanying reporting draw on police records, autopsy reports and body cam footage, offering the most expansive tally of such deaths nationwide.

The investigation includes the Lethal Restraint interactive story and database.

With the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info, FRONTLINE investigates the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. This 90-minute documentary tells the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture and then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap, and what has happened to the journalists who helped uncover the corruption scandal.

As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, watch our update of the December 19, 2023 version of this 90-minute documentary that offers a sweeping examination of the critical moments leading up to this crisis over the course of the past three decades. The escalating tension continues between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S. and the Palestinians after months of war in Gaza.

The inside story of the protests dividing college campuses and the debate over free speech, antisemitism, Israel, and the Palestinians:

A firestorm has been raging on many American college campuses. Ignited by the devastating October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the catastrophic war in Gaza, the outrage deeply divided American campuses and, in some places, devolved into hate-filled rhetoric and arrests. FRONTLINE and Retro Report have followed the escalating turmoil since the war began — talking to people on all sides of the divide, investigating how universities have responded, how powerful interests joined the fray, and how the conflict over the conflict ultimately spiraled out of control.

From director James Jacoby and Retro Report producers Scott Michels and Joseph Hogan, Crisis on Campus examines how the debate over one of the world's most intractable and complex conflicts has gripped American college campuses.

It's a central premise of the American dream: If you're willing to work hard, you'll be able to make a living and build a better life for your children.

But what if working hard isn't enough to get ahead — or even to ensure your family's basic financial stability?

Two American Families: 1991-2024, a special, two-hour documentary filmed over more than 30 years, is a portrait of perseverance from FRONTLINE, Bill Moyers, and filmmakers Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes that raises unsettling questions about the changing nature of the American economy and the impact on people struggling to make a living through hard times, falling wages and loss of manufacturing jobs.

Premiering Tuesday, July 23, 2024, this is the saga of two families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — one Black, the Stanleys, and one white, the Neumanns — who have spent the past 34 years battling to keep from sliding into poverty, and who refuse to give up despite the economic challenges that their stories reveal.

Since the Holocaust, Germany has worked to overcome its Nazi history. But over the past decade, Germany has faced a rising wave of far-right violence and plots against Jews, Muslims, immigrants, and politicians. Amid accusations that the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD) has provoked violence, which it denies, filmmaker Evan Williams investigates the rise of far-right extremism in modern-day Germany.

Behind President Joe Biden's fateful decision are decades of challenges and controversies, triumphs and tragedies. FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Biden's rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea's historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.

FRONTLINE investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America.

Award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team, who have made five prior installments of The Choice over the past 25 years, sat down with Trump and Harris' friends, advisors, and critics, as well as authors, journalists, and political insiders to present deeply reported narrative arcs of both candidates' lives, going all the way back to their childhoods.

What emerges in The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump is the story of two fighters: One seeking vindication and promising a return to greatness, and the other seeking to move beyond the past and promising a greater future.

FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal the influences and ideas they would bring to the White House

FRONTLINE documents harrowing accounts from those who experienced the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the ongoing war in Gaza. Israelis and Palestinians directly impacted by the conflict talk about death, despair and the continuing trauma.

In 2024, FRONTLINE follows the changing views and experiences of Americans from the 2020 election to present day. Returning to voters filmed four years ago, the documentary provides a look at how their hopes and fears have changed amid another polarizing election season.

From the pandemic to the polls, 2020 was a time of tumult across a deeply divided America. FRONTLINE presented a post-election special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans in the chaotic months leading up to the historic 2020 presidential contest. This documentary was filmed around the U.S. for much of the year, following Americans as they dealt with COVID-19 in their communities in the spring, responded to George Floyd's killing that summer, and then experienced the polarizing election and its aftermath in the fall.

FRONTLINE examines the rise of Xi Jinping, his vision for China and the global implications. Correspondent Martin Smith traces the defining moments for President Xi, how he's exercising power and his impact on China, and relations with the U.S. and the world.

FRONTLINE, the Portland Press Herald, and Maine Public investigate the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history and the missed opportunities to prevent it. The documentary examines breakdowns with police, military, and mental health care in the lead-up to the Lewiston shooting by Robert Card in October 2023.