Frontline - News War
2007 · 1 season · 3 eps
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In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades -- and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the war on terror and other global forces now changing -- and challenging -- the role of the press in our society.
Created by Raney Aronson-Rath
Network: PBS
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★ 10.02025
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Children of Ukraine · 2024Children of Ukraine
★ 10.02024
MovieDocumentary
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.
The War Cabinet · 2026The War Cabinet
★ 10.02026
MovieDocumentary
Rubio. Vance. Wiles. Gabbard. Hegseth. Miller. These are some of the key players behind President Donald Trump's expansive use of the U.S. military. FRONTLINE examines the inner circle of advisors and officials trying to project U.S. power, from clashes with allies, to taking out foreign leaders, to waging war in the Middle East. • "The War Cabinet"
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★ 9.02026
MovieDocumentary
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For Sama · 2019For Sama
★ 8.32019
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★ 8.12023
MovieDocumentaryWar
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
American Reckoning · 2022American Reckoning
★ 8.02022
MovieDocumentary
In this feature-length documentary from FRONTLINE and Retro Report, an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance. “American Reckoning” examines Black opposition to racist violence in Mississippi, spotlighting a little-known armed resistance group called the Deacons for Defense and Justice, woven alongside the Jackson family’s decades-long search for justice amid a federal effort to investigate civil rights era cold cases.
2000 Meters to Andriivka · 20252000 Meters to Andriivka
★ 7.92025
MovieDocumentaryWar
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.
Age of Easy Money · 2023Age of Easy Money
★ 7.72023
MovieDocumentary
Around the country and across the world, the threat of a recession is looming and economic uncertainty is rising as markets, businesses and individuals adjust to a new reality: the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and pulling back on its epic monetary experiment that started with the Great Financial Crisis. From the award-winning team behind "The Facebook Dilemma" and "Amazon Empire," the two-hour documentary "Age of Easy Money" investigates how the Fed’s experiment has changed the American economy and what it means that the era may be over.
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden · 2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
★ 7.22020
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they came from and how they lead.
Frontline · 1983Frontline
★ 6.61983
SeriesDocumentary
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The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan · 2010The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
★ 5.42010
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★ 3.02020
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How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House.
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia · 2018Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
★ 2.02018
SeriesDocumentary
Bitter Rivals illuminates the essential history - and profound ripple effect - of Iran and Saudi Arabia's power struggle. It draws on scores of interviews with political, religious and military leaders, militia commanders, diplomats, and policy experts, painting American television's most comprehensive picture of a feud that has reshaped the Middle East.
The Released · 2009The Released
2009
Movie
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Mosul · 2017Mosul
2017
MovieDocumentary
Described by some military commanders as the deadliest urban combat since World War II, the battle to drive ISIS out of Mosul as the terror group held civilians captive there was brutal and grueling. Shot over the course of the entire nine-month fight, this vivid documentary follows the experiences of four young soldiers in a team of Iraqi Special Forces tasked with leading the battle.
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