Season 29
19 episodes · Oct 18, 2010
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S29E1Death by Fire
Oct 19, 2010At 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?
S29E2The Spill
Oct 26, 2010Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
S29E3The Confessions
Nov 9, 2010Frontline 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.
S29E5Battle for Haiti
Jan 11, 2011In 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.
S29E6Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper
Jan 18, 2011Are 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.
S29E7Post Mortem
Feb 1, 2011A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.
S29E9Revolution in Cairo
Feb 22, 2011A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
S29E10Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning
Mar 29, 2011Money 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
S29E11Football High
Apr 12, 2011High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?
S29E12The Silence
Apr 19, 2011Frontline 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.
S29E13Fighting for Bin Laden
May 3, 2011The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
S29E14Kill/Capture
May 10, 2011Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.
S29E15WikiSecrets
May 24, 2011The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
S29E16The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke
Jun 28, 2011The 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.
S29E17The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists
Jul 26, 2011The 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.
S29E18Top Secret America
Sep 6, 2011A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending
S29E19An Optimist in Haiti
Sep 27, 2011The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.
S29E20The Man Behind the Mosque
Sep 27, 2011The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.