Specials
2001 · 134 episodes
Episodes
5. God in America: A New Adam (1)
October 11, 2010
The first hour of God in America explores the origins of America’s unique religious landscape--how the New World challenged and changed the faiths the first European settlers brought with them. In New Mexico, the spiritual rituals of the Pueblo Indians collided with the Catholic faith of Franciscan missionaries, ending in a bloody revolt. In New England, Puritan leader John Winthrop faced off against religious dissenters from within his own ranks. And a new message of spiritual rebirth from evangelical preachers like George Whitefield swept through the American colonies, upending traditional religious authority and kindling a rebellious spirit that converged with the political upheaval of the American Revolution.
6. God in America: A New Eden (2)
October 11, 2010
Hour two considers the origins of America’s experiment in religious liberty, examining how the unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures such as Thomas Jefferson forged a new concept of religious freedom. In the competitive religious marketplace unleashed by this freedom, upstart denominations raced ahead of traditional faiths and a new wave of religious revivals swept thousands of converts into the evangelical fold and inspired a new gospel of social reform. In a fierce political struggle, Catholic immigrants challenged Protestant domination of public schools and protested the daily classroom practice of reading from the King James Bible.
7. God in America: A Nation Reborn (3)
October 12, 2010
Hour three explores how religion suffused the Civil War. As slavery split the nation in two, Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholders turned to the Bible to support their cause. Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass condemned Christianity for sanctioning slavery. In the White House, Abraham Lincoln struggled to make sense of the war’s carnage and the death of his young son. The president, who previously had put his faith in reason over revelation, embarked on a spiritual journey that transformed his ideas about God and the ultimate meaning of the war.
8. God in America: A New Light (4)
October 12, 2010
During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers. Bohemian immigrant Isaac Mayer Wise embraced change and established Reform Judaism in America while his opponents adhered to Old World traditions. In New York, Presbyterian biblical scholar Charles Briggs sought to wed his evangelical faith with modern biblical scholarship, leading to his trial for heresy. In the 1925 Scopes evolution trial, Christian fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan faced off against freethinker Clarence Darrow in a battle between scientific and religious truth.
9. God in America: Soul of a Nation (5)
October 13, 2010
Hour Five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival that fused faith with patriotism in a Cold War battle with "Godless Communism." As Americans flocked in record numbers to houses of worship, non-believers and religious minorities appealed to the US Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of religious expression in public schools. And civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a modern-day prophet, calling upon the nation to honor both biblical teachings and the founders’ democratic ideals of equal justice.
10. God in America: Of God and Caesar (6)
October 13, 2010
The final hour of God in America brings the series into the present day, exploring the religious and political aspirations of conservative evangelicals’ moral crusade over divisive social issues like abortion and gay marriage. Their embrace of presidential politics would end in disappointment and questions about the mixing of religion and politics. Across America, the religious marketplace expanded as new waves of immigrants from Asia, the Middle East and Latin America made the United States the most religiously diverse nation on earth. In the 2008 presidential election, the re-emergence of a religious voice in the Democratic Party brought the country to a new plateau in its struggle to reconcile faith with politics. God in America closes with reflections on the role of faith in the public life of the country, from the ongoing quest for religious liberty to the enduring idea of America as the "city on a hill" envisioned by the Puritans nearly 400 years ago.
11. Kind Hearted Woman: Part One
April 1, 2013
In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a divorced single mother living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin as she struggles to raise her two children, further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child.
12. Kind Hearted Woman: Part Two
April 2, 2013
In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a divorced single mother living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin as she struggles to raise her two children, further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child.
637. Stickup Kid
December 17, 2014
A FRONTLINE digital exclusive. Frontline explores what happens when a juvenile offender is sent to adult prison.
669. Mosquito Hunter
August 2, 2016
A look at Brazil's efforts to combat mosquito-borne illnesses, most notably Zika fever.
680. Betting on Trump: Water / Coal / Jobs
February 15, 2017
A trio of reports from FRONTLINE, Marketplace and PBS NewsHour on what Donald Trump's promises mean to voters in California's Central Valley (farming and water), West Virginia (coal industry), and Erie, Pennsylvania (jobs)
681. Big Sky, Big Money
October 30, 2012 · 53m
In 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision changed the landscape of campaign finance in America. The decision held that political spending is a form of protected speech and let corporations and unions spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns. But to avoid corruption, the court said the money can’t go directly to candidates; it has to go to independent outside groups. What did that mean in reality? The 2012 documentary Big Sky, Big Money, from FRONTLINE and APM’s Marketplace, offered an on-the-ground look. With that year’s election cycle underway, correspondent Kai Ryssdal traveled to Montana, a battleground over campaign finance at the time, and uncovered startling new evidence of outside interest groups’ influence on local campaigns.
682. Harvest of Fear
April 24, 2001
683. The Long Road to War: A FRONTLINE Special Report
March 17, 2003
684. Bush's War: Part 1
March 24, 2008
685. Kind Hearted Woman: Part One
April 1, 2013
686. Kind Hearted Woman Part 2
April 2, 2013
687. Bigger Than Vegas
September 30, 2014
688. A Daughter's Death
February 15, 2011
689. When Children Testify
May 7, 1991
690. Waiting for Tearah
October 7, 2019
691. Ebola in Congo
December 23, 2019
692. Tutwiler
May 6, 2020
693. Betting on Trump: Coal
February 15, 2017
694. Children of ISIS
695. Betting on Trump: Jobs
February 15, 2017
696. Inside Yemen
July 19, 2017
697. Stickup Kid
December 17, 2014
698. Betting on Trump: Water
February 15, 2017
699. Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court (2020)
November 24, 2020
700. The Mind of a Murderer
March 19, 1984
701. The Mind of a Murderer
March 26, 1984
702. Shootout on Imperial Highway
January 22, 1985
703. Shootout on Imperial Highway Part 2
January 29, 1985
704. Crisis in Central America Pt 1 Yankee Years
April 9, 1985
705. Crisis in Central America Pt 2 Castro's Challenge
April 10, 1985
706. Crisis in Central America Pt 3 Revol. in Nicrgua.
April 11, 1985
707. Crisis in Central America Pt 4 Battle for El Sal.
April 12, 1985
708. Comrades
July 1, 1986
709. Comrades
July 8, 1986
710. Comrades
July 15, 1986
711. Comrades
July 22, 1986
712. Comrades
July 29, 1986
713. Comrades
August 5, 1986
714. Comrades
August 12, 1986
715. Comrades
August 19, 1986
716. Comrades
August 26, 1986
717. Comrades
September 2, 1986
718. Comrades
September 9, 1986
719. Stopping Drugs (1)
February 10, 1987
720. Stopping Drugs (2)
February 17, 1987
721. Apartheid Parts 1-2
December 14, 1987
722. Apartheid Parts 3-4
December 15, 1987
723. Apartheid Part 5
December 16, 1987
724. Decade of Destruction Part 1: Ashes of Forest
September 18, 1990
725. Decade of Destruction Part 2: Killing for Land
September 19, 1990
726. Decade of Destruction Part 3: Mts. of Gold
September 20, 1990
727. Decade of Destruction Part 4: Chico Mendes
September 21, 1990
728. Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts I and II
July 20, 1993
729. Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts III and IV
July 21, 1993
730. Divided Memories Part 1
April 4, 1995
731. Divided Memories Part 2
April 11, 1995
732. The Gulf War (1)
January 9, 1996
733. The Gulf War (1)
January 9, 1996
734. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (1)
April 6, 1998
735. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (2)
April 6, 1998
736. The Farmer's Wife
September 21, 1998
737. The Farmer's Wife
September 22, 1998
738. The Farmer's Wife
September 23, 1998
739. Apocalypse! Parts 1 and 2
November 22, 1999
740. War in Europe (1)
February 22, 2000
741. War in Europe (2)
February 29, 2000
742. Drug Wars (1)
October 9, 2000
743. Drug Wars (2)
October 24, 2000
744. Real Justice (1)
November 11, 2000
745. Real Justice (2)
November 18, 2000
746. Organ Farm (1)
April 3, 2001
747. Organ Farm (2)
April 10, 2001
748. Country Boys: Part 1
January 9, 2006
749. Country Boys: Part 2
January 10, 2006
750. Country Boys: Part 3
January 11, 2006
751. The Age of AIDS: Part 1
May 30, 2006
752. The Age of AIDS: Part 2
May 31, 2006
753. News War (1): Secrets, Sources & Spin
February 13, 2007
754. News War (2): Secrets, Sources & Spin
February 20, 2007
755. News War (3): What's Happening To The News
February 21, 2007
756. The Mormons (1)
April 30, 2007
757. The Mormons (2)
May 1, 2007
758. Bush's War, Part 1
March 23, 2008
759. Bush's War, Part 2
March 24, 2008
760. 2008-02-05 "A Dangerous Business Revisited
February 5, 2008
761. Money, Power and Wall Street, Parts 1 and 2
April 24, 2012
762. Money, Power and Wall Street, Parts 3 and 4
April 25, 2012
763. 2013-04-30 "Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings"
April 30, 2013
764. United States of Secrets (Part One)
May 13, 2014
765. United States of Secrets (Part Two)
May 20, 2014
766. My Brother's Bomber (1)
September 29, 2015
767. My Brother's Bomber (2)
October 6, 2015
768. My Brother's Bomber (3)
October 13, 2015
769. 3/1/16 (Tu.) 10:00 PM PBS (#3024) Poor Kids (R)
March 1, 2016
770. Yemen Under Siege
May 3, 2016
771. The Education of Omarina
September 13, 2016
772. Divided States of America
January 17, 2017
773. Divided States of America
January 18, 2017
774. Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
February 20, 2018
775. Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
February 27, 2018
776. Our Man in Tehran
August 13, 2018
777. 2017-11-22 "Poor Kids"
November 22, 2017
778. Putin's Revenge
October 25, 2017
779. Putin's Revenge
November 1, 2017
780. The Facebook Dilemma (1)
October 29, 2018
781. The Facebook Dilemma (2)
October 30, 2018
782. Targeting Yemen
January 22, 2019
783. Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
November 12, 2019
784. America's Great Divide: Obama to Trump (1)
January 13, 2020
785. America's Great Divide: Obama to Trump (2)
January 14, 2020
786. The Luanda Leaks
January 21, 2020
787. Undocumented in the Pandemic
August 11, 2020
788. COVID in Yemen
February 9, 2021
789. The Virus That Shook the World
April 26, 2021
790. The Virus That Shook the World
April 27, 2021
791. India's Rape Scandal
July 20, 2021
792. Massacre in El Salvador
November 9, 2021
793. The Power of Big Oil - Denial
April 19, 2022
794. The Power of Big Oil - Doubt
April 26, 2022
795. The Power of Big Oil - Delay
May 3, 2022
796. After Zero Tolerance
December 6, 2022
797. Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
January 3, 2023
798. Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
January 10, 2023
799. America and the Taliban
April 4, 2023
800. America and the Taliban
April 11, 2023
801. America and the Taliban
April 25, 2023
802. Tutwiler
September 5, 2023
803. Failure at the Fence
December 19, 2023