Frontline Season 35 Episodes

Episode 1

President Trump

Tue, Jan 3, 201753 mins

Examine the key moments that shaped President-elect Donald Trump. Interviews with advisors, business associates and biographers reveal how Trump transformed himself from real estate developer to entertainer to president.

Episode 2

Divided States of America - Part 1

Tue, Jan 17, 2017113 mins

Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign.

Episode 3

Divided States of America - Part 2

Wed, Jan 18, 2017113 mins

Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign.

Episode 4

Trump's Road to the White House

Tue, Jan 24, 201753 mins

An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency. Through revealing interviews with campaign insiders, filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine how Trump rallied millions of supporters and defeated adversaries - and what it suggests about how he will govern.

Episode 5

Battle for Iraq and Hunting ISIS

Tue, Jan 31, 201753 mins

On the frontlines of the battle for Mosul, with civilians, soldiers, and ISIS suspects. Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad examines the fight and its toll, surviving a suicide bomb. Also, a dramatic report on an Iraqi unit at the center of the fight.

Episode 6

Out of Gitmo/Forever Prison

Tue, Feb 21, 201738 mins

The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Episode 7

Iraq Uncovered

Tue, Mar 21, 201753 mins

Inside Iraq, as militias and the military fight for the future of the country. The film examines the power of the militias, the impact on civilians, and the places where ISIS has been pushed out.

Episode 8

Last Days of Solitary

Tue, Apr 18, 2017113 mins

A look at what happens to recently released prisoners when they go from solitary confinement to the streets. Included: the long-term effects of solitary confinement; and efforts to reduce its use.

Episode 9

The Fish on My Plate

Tue, Apr 25, 201783 mins

Journalist and author Paul Greenberg (Four Fish; American Catch) spends a year eating only fish. From farmed fish in Norway to the biggest wild fishery in the world off Peru, he travels to investigate the health of the ocean - as well as his own.

Episode 10

Second Chance Kids

Tue, May 2, 201753 mins

The impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to re-evaluate juvenile murder cases.

Episode 11

A Subprime Education/The Education of Omarina

Tue, Sep 13, 201653 mins

A Subprime Education examines reports of predatory behavior and fraud in the troubled for-profit college industry and the implosion of Corinthian Colleges. The Education of Omarina details how an innovative program to stem the high school drop-out crisis has affected one girl's journey, from a public middle school in The Bronx to an elite New England private school, and now onto college.

Episode 11

Poverty, Politics and Profit

Tue, May 9, 201753 mins

An investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. With NPR, the film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.

Episode 12

The Choice 2016

Tue, Sep 27, 2016113 mins

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. FRONTLINE's acclaimed election-year series, "The Choice," returns - going behind the headlines to investigate what has shaped these two candidates, where they came from, how they lead and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk, "The Choice 2016" will investigate formative moments in Clinton and Trump's lives through interviews with those who know them best, providing in-depth, trustworthy reporting and powerful new insights at a moment when voters are being bombarded with conflicting partisan stories about each candidate.

Episode 12

American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government

Tue, May 16, 201753 mins

Examine the violent battle between a ranching family in the West and the federal government. See how a fight over land became deadly, invigorated a wider right-wing anti-government movement and continues to challenge prosecutors and law enforcement.

Episode 13

Confronting ISIS

Tue, Oct 11, 2016113 mins

Investigating the U.S.-led efforts to degrade and destroy ISIS. Reporting from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey, the film examines the successes, failures, and challenges of the fight, as ISIS loses ground in the region but strikes out abroad.

Episode 13

Bannon's War

Tue, May 23, 201753 mins

President Trump's advisor Stephen Bannon's war - with radical Islam, Washington, and White House rivals. The story of Bannon's fight to deliver on Trump's promises, with a confrontational style based on his personal crusade to dramatically transform America.

Episode 14

Terror in Europe

Tue, Oct 18, 201653 mins

Inside Europe's fight against the rise of Islamist terrorism. As Europe reels from a terror onslaught, top counter-terror officials describe their struggle to contain the unprecedented threat revealed by attacks in France and Belgium.

Episode 14

Life on Parole

Tue, Jul 18, 201753 mins

Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.

Episode 15

Exodus

Tue, Dec 27, 2016113 mins

Hear first-person stories of refugees and migrants fleeing war and persecution for Europe, told through camera-phone footage filmed by the families themselves as they leave their homes on dangerous journeys to seek safety and refuge.

Episode 15

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Tue, Sep 12, 2017

The story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted after the financial crisis, and a Chinese immigrant family's fight to clear their names.

Episode 16

North Korea's Deadly Dictator

Wed, Oct 4, 201753 mins

The assassination of Kim Jong-nam occurred on 13 February 2017 when two women attacked him with VX nerve agent, a lethal chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. Kim was the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korean diplomats objected to any form of autopsy being conducted on Kim's body, but the autopsy proceeded as the they did not submit a formal protest. Following Malaysia's refusal to release the body immediately, North Korea's ambassador Kang Chol accused Malaysia of collaborating with the country's enemies over the assassination of Kim Jong-nam.

Episode 17

War on the EPA

Wed, Oct 11, 201755 mins

Conservative political forces and causes, including skepticism about climate change, propel Scott Pruitt to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Episode 18

Mosul

Wed, Oct 18, 201753 mins

Described by some military commanders as the deadliest urban combat since World War II, the battle to drive ISIS out of Mosul as the terror group held civilians captive there was brutal and grueling. Shot over the course of the entire nine-month fight, this vivid documentary follows the experiences of four young soldiers in a team of Iraqi Special Forces tasked with leading the battle. Visceral footage of the fighting is interwoven with intimate and searching interviews with the young soldiers. Full of hope at the beginning of the campaign, the reality of fighting an elusive and vicious enemy in a city full of trapped civilians ultimately takes its toll: By the end of filming, one of the four soldiers is dead. And for the surviving soldiers, haunted by what they have seen and done, the war goes on. Mosul is a stunning look at the high cost of the Iraqi Army's victory over ISIS in the city, large parts of which have been destroyed, with hundreds of thousands of civilians still displaced.

Episode 19

Inside Yemen

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

Episode 20

Putin's Revenge (I)

Wed, Oct 25, 201755 mins

How Vladimir Putin came to see the United States and Hillary Clinton in particular as enemies. Why he decided to target an American election.

Episode 21

Putin's Revenge (II)

Wed, Nov 1, 201753 mins

With in-depth reporting from Moscow and Washington, DC, FRONTLINE tells the story of how Vladimir Putin came to see the United States as an enemy - and why he decided to target an American election. Against the backdrop of investigations by the FBI and Congress into the role Russia played in the 2016 U.S. election, this epic documentary draws on more than 60 interviews with diplomats, intelligence officials, political leaders, journalists, and primary sources to trace how Putin went from low-ranking KGB agent to long-serving president of a newly assertive Russia with the ability to wage cyber-war in the U.S. and across the globe. From Michael Kirk and the team behind The Choice 2016, Putin's Revenge is a riveting investigation of how the U.S. struggled to confront Vladimir Putin over Russian involvement in the 2016 election, how revenge may have motivated Putin to target American democracy, and the U.S. responses under Presidents Obama and Trump.