• 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.
  • List of Episodes (18)
    • 2. Inside Obama's Presidency

      15 Jan '13
      A probing look at the first four years of Barack Obama's presidency examines his key decisions.
    • 3. The Untouchables

      22 Jan '13
      A look at why Wall Street's leaders and have escaped prosecution since America's financial meltdown.
    • 4. Cliffhanger

      12 Feb '13
    • 5. Raising Adam Lanza

      19 Feb '13
      Frontline investigates Adam Lanza and the town he changed forever after the killings at Sandy Hook.
    • 6. The Education of Michelle Rhee

      08 Jan '13
      The legacy of Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools, is examined.
    • 7. The Retirement Gamble

      23 Apr '13
      Frontline raises troubling questions about how America's financial institutions protect our savings, and reveals how fees, self-dealing and kickbacks bring great profits to Wall Street while imperiling the prospects of a secure future for individuals.
    • 8. Top Secret America – 9/11 to the Boston Bombings

      30 Apr '13
      An updated version of our film which originally aired in September 2011. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest traces the journey from 9/11 to the marathon bombings, examines efforts to improve information sharing among federal agencies tasked with keeping us safe and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
    • 9. Never Forget to Lie

      14 May '13
      Filmmaker and Holocaust survivor Marian Marzynski returns to Poland and the Jewish ghettos of his childhood to chronicle the poignant, painful recollections of other child survivors.
    • 10. Outlawed In Pakistan

      28 May '13
    • 11. Rape in the Fields

      25 Jun '13
      For the women who pick and process the food we eat every day, getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job. FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America's fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley and the C
    • 12. Two American Families

      09 Jul '13
      Two families in Milwaukee - one black, one white - work hard to keep from sliding into poverty.
    • 13. Life and Death In Assisted Living

      30 Jul '13
      A look at the nation's largest assisted living company sheds light on this billion dollar industry.
    • 14. Egypt In Crisis

      17 Sep '13
      Martin Smith and Charles Sennott examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
    • 15. League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

      08 Oct '13
      The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players and a host of scientists claim the league has covered up how football inflicted long-term brain injuries on many players. In a special investigation, FRONTLINE and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries, drawn from their fort
    • 16. Hunting The Nightmare Bacteria

      22 Oct '13
      A look the alarming rise of untreatable infections in hospitals, communities and across the globe.
    • 17. Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

      19 Nov '13
      Lee Harvey Oswald and forensic evidence of his role in the Kennedy assassination are investigated.
    • 18. A Death In St. Augustine

      26 Nov '13
      Allegations of domestic violence surface during the investigation of a deputy sheriff's death.
    • 44. Syria Behind the Lines

      09 Apr '13
      An unprecedented film documents the new and perilous reality of everyday life for both Syria’s rebels and its regime.