Season 29

FrontlineSeason 29

2010
19 Episodes

Episodes

Death by Fire
S29E01

Death by Fire

At the center of the national death penalty debate today is the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham, put to death for the arson-murder of his three little girls. But was he guilty?

19 Oct 2010
The Spill
S29E02

The Spill

Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.

26 Oct 2010
The Confessions
S29E03

The Confessions

Frontline looks at the case of the Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.

09 Nov 2010
Facing Death
S29E04

Facing Death

The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families

23 Nov 2010
Battle for Haiti
S29E05

Battle for Haiti

In the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to stage a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. One year later, the gang leaders are re-asserting control in the capital, threatening the country's stability.

11 Jan 2011
Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper
S29E06

Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper

Are We Safer?: Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Flying Cheaper: A follow-up to Season 28's Flying Cheap examines the trend of airlines outsourcing Maintenance; a co-production with the Investigative Reporting Workshop.

18 Jan 2011
Post Mortem
S29E07
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Post Mortem

A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.

01 Feb 2011
Revolution in Cairo
S29E09

Revolution in Cairo

A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

22 Feb 2011
Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning
S29E10

Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning

Money and March Madness: An inside look at the multibillion-dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei: How Ai Weiwei dares to walk the fine line between freedom and censorship in China. The Private Life of Bradley Manning: Exclusive interview with Private Manning's father, who speaks out for the first time about his son's upbringing and troubled youth

29 Mar 2011
Football High
S29E11

Football High

High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?

12 Apr 2011
The Silence
S29E12

The Silence

Frontline reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska.

19 Apr 2011
Fighting for Bin Laden
S29E13

Fighting for Bin Laden

The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

03 May 2011
Kill/Capture
S29E14

Kill/Capture

Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.

10 May 2011
WikiSecrets
S29E15

WikiSecrets

The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.

24 May 2011
The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke
S29E16

The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke

The Child Cases: Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years when a child dies under suspicious circumstances. Now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and questions are raised about the quality of expert testimony in this and many other cases. Educating Sergeant Pantzke: In a follow-up to College, Inc., FRONTLINE investigates how the for-profit schools are recruiting veterans with educational promises that they may not keep.

28 Jun 2011
The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists
S29E17

The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists

The Pot Republic: FRONTLINE and The Center for Investigative Reporting team up to investigate California's marijuana market. Doctor Hotspot: Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his team are pioneering a practice called “hotspotting,” in which medical care is focused on the hardest-to-treat to improve their health and dramatically reduce costs. The Atomic Artists: FRONTLINE with PRI’s The World meet Chim?Pom, a provocative group of young artists using art to challenge the status quo and ask Japan to rethink their way of life.

26 Jul 2011
Top Secret America
S29E18

Top Secret America

A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending

06 Sept 2011
An Optimist in Haiti
S29E19

An Optimist in Haiti

The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.

27 Sept 2011
The Man Behind the Mosque
S29E20

The Man Behind the Mosque

The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.

27 Sept 2011