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Summary 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.

Directed By: James Bluemel

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  • PBS
  • Apr 26, 2021
  • 1 h 55 m
  • TV-MA
  • PBS
  • Apr 26, 2021
  • 1 h 55 m
Frontline
S39 • Episode 16
The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1
Air Date: Apr 26, 2021
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Summary 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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Episode 1 • Sep 8, 2020
Growing Up Poor in America
Children and their families navigate poverty, homelessness, race, and new challenges brought on by COVID-19 in Ohio.
Episode 2 • Sep 15, 2020
Policing the Police 2020
Writer Jelani Cobb looks at race, policing and the prospects for reform in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.
Episode 3 • Sep 22, 2020 • 1 h 53 m
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Ahead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE's acclaimed series "The Choice", investigates the biographies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, focusing on how they have responded in moments of crisis.
Episode 4 • Oct 6, 2020 • 53 m
America's Medical Supply Crisis
The U.S. was left scrambling for critical medical equipment as COVID-19 swept the country. FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences during a crisis.
Episode 5 • Oct 20, 2020 • 53 m
Whose Vote Counts
As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts - and whose might not.
Episode 6 • Nov 17, 2020 • 53 m
American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil
A post-election special on the lives, hopes and fears of Americans throughout the pandemic and in the chaotic months leading up to the historic presidential contest.
Episode 7 • Nov 24, 2020
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court
From Amy Coney Barrett to Robert Bork, an investigation of how a partisan war for the Supreme Court culminated in Amy Coney Barrett's controversial confirmation days before the 2020 presidential election.
Episode 8 • Dec 15, 2020
Return From ISIS
Secrets, lies and lasting consequences. For the past four years, journalist Josh Baker has been trying to uncover the truth about an American family's journey from Indiana to the Islamic State group's caliphate and back.
Episode 9 • Jan 8, 2021 • 1 h 39 m
A Thousand Cuts
Episode 10 • Jan 19, 2021
President Biden
This FRONTLINE episode tells the story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America's 46th president. It describes the searing moments that shaped President Biden and what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.
Episode 11 • Jan 26, 2021 • 53 m
Trump's American Carnage
FRONTLINE investigates Trump's siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.
Episode 12 • Feb 2, 2021 • 1 h 23 m
China's COVID Secrets
The untold story of the start of the COVID pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak and lessons for the world.
Episode 13 • Feb 9, 2021
Iraq's Assassins / Yemen's COVID coverup
FRONTLINE's Ramita Navai investigates allegations that Iranian-backed Shia militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting U.S. interests. Also a look at how COVID is worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
Episode 14 • Mar 23, 2021
Death Is Our Business
Death Is Our Business examines in intimate and moving detail how Black funeral homes in New Orleans have had to adapt to the devastating impact of COVID-19 in their community.
Episode 15 • Apr 13, 2021 • 1 h 24 m
American Insurrection
In the aftermath of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE examines how far-right groups were emboldened and encouraged by former President Trump and how individuals were radicalized and brought into the political landscape.
Episode 16 • Apr 26, 2021 • 1 h 55 m
The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1
Episode 17 • Apr 27, 2021 • 55 m
The Virus That Shook the World, Part 2
Episode 18 • May 4, 2021 • 53 m
Escaping Eritrea
An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes - Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony sheds light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and forced conscription.
Episode 19 • May 18, 2021
The Healthcare Divide
FRONTLINE investigates the growing inequities in American health care exposed by COVID-19 due to pressure of increasing profits, structural racism and uneven government support.
Episode 20 • Jun 1, 2021
The Jihadist
Designated a terrorist by the United States, the powerful Syrian militant Abu Mohammad al-Jolani now seeks a new relationship with the west.
Episode 21 • Jun 29, 2021 • 45 m
Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
FRONTLINE investigates the rise of far-right extremism and violence in Germany.
Episode 22 • Jul 13, 2021
The Power of the Fed
When COVID-19 struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country's central bank continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost?
Episode 23 • Jul 20, 2021
Leaving Afghanistan / India's Rape Scandal
Frontline's correspondent Najibullah Quraishi investigates the consequences of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also Frontline's correspondent Ramita Navai investigates a wave of shocking rape cases in India.
Episode 24 • Aug 10, 2021 • 1 h 51 m
In the Shadow of 9/11
How seven men in Miami were indicted for the biggest alleged Al Qaeda plot since 9/11.
44 Seasons

Top Cast

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Will Lyman

Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self

Sarah Childress

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Self

Priyanka Boghani

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter

Arun Rath

Self - Reporter, Self, Reporter

Judy Woodruff

Self - Host, Self, Self - Anchor

Katie Worth

Self - Reporter, Reporter, Digital Reporter

Martin Smith

Self - Correspondent, Self, Correspondent

Jessica Savitch

Self - Host, Narrator, Self - Host (1983)

Jim Gilmore

Self - Reporter, Self, Reporter

Mike McNally

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Baker

Self, Self - The New York Times, Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising, Self - Author, Self - Author, Days of Fire, Self - Author, Obama: The Call of History, Self - Co-author Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author, Kremlin Rising, Self - co-author of 'Kremlin Rising'

Jeremiah Kissel

Self, Self - Narrator, Self - Reporter, Voiceover

Dan Balz

Self - The Washington Post, Self, Self, journalist, The Washington Post

Lowell Bergman

Self, Self - Correspondent, Correspondent, Self - Reporter, Self - Correspondnet, Self - Frontline

Peter Haydu

Self, Voiceover

Jane Mayer

Self - The New Yorker, Self, Reporter, Self - Author, The Dark Side, Self, investigative journalist for The New Yorker

Steve Coll

Self - Author, 'Ghost Wars', Self - The New Yorker, Self, Self - Author, Self - Author, Private Empire, Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker, Self - The New Yorker, Author: Ghost Wars

Peter Berkrot

Narrator, Self - Narrator

Susan Glasser

Self, Self - Co-Author, Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author Kremlin Rising, Self - Co-author, Kremlin Rising, Self - The New Yorker, Self - The Washington Post (1998-2008)

Charles Linshaw

Self, Narrator

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