About this season
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.
Episodes (19)
1. Death by Fire
Aired 19 October 2010
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?
2. The Spill
Aired 26 October 2010
Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
3. The Confessions
Aired 9 November 2010
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.
4. Facing Death
Aired 23 November 2010
The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families
5. Battle for Haiti
Aired 11 January 2011
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.
6. Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper
Aired 18 January 2011
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.
7. Post Mortem
8.0Aired 1 February 2011
A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.
9. Revolution in Cairo
Aired 22 February 2011
A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
10. Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning
Aired 29 March 2011
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
11. Football High
Aired 12 April 2011
High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?
12. The Silence
Aired 19 April 2011
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.
13. Fighting for Bin Laden
Aired 3 May 2011
The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
14. Kill/Capture
Aired 10 May 2011
Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.
15. WikiSecrets
Aired 24 May 2011
The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
16. The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke
Aired 28 June 2011
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.
17. The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists
Aired 26 July 2011
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.
18. Top Secret America
Aired 6 September 2011
A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending
19. An Optimist in Haiti
Aired 27 September 2011
The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.
20. The Man Behind the Mosque
Aired 27 September 2011
The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.