Frontline — Specials

01 God in America: A New Adam (1)

Oct 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.

06 God in America: A New Eden (2)

Oct 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.

07 God in America: A Nation Reborn (3)

Oct 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.

08 God in America: A New Light (4)

Oct 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.

09 God in America: Soul of a Nation (5)

Oct 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)

Oct 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

Apr 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

Apr 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

Dec 17, 2014

A FRONTLINE digital exclusive. Frontline explores what happens when a juvenile offender is sent to adult prison.

669 Mosquito Hunter

Aug 2, 2016

A look at Brazil's efforts to combat mosquito-borne illnesses, most notably Zika fever.

680 Betting on Trump: Water / Coal / Jobs

Feb 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

Oct 30, 201253m

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

Apr 24, 2001

683 The Long Road to War: A FRONTLINE Special Report

Mar 17, 2003

684 Bush's War: Part 1

Mar 24, 2008

685 Kind Hearted Woman: Part One

Apr 1, 2013

686 Kind Hearted Woman Part 2

Apr 2, 2013

687 Bigger Than Vegas

Sep 30, 2014

688 A Daughter's Death

Feb 15, 2011

689 When Children Testify

May 7, 1991

690 Waiting for Tearah

Oct 7, 2019

691 Ebola in Congo

Dec 23, 2019

692 Tutwiler

May 6, 2020

693 Betting on Trump: Coal

Feb 15, 2017

694 Children of ISIS

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695 Betting on Trump: Jobs

Feb 15, 2017

696 Inside Yemen

Jul 19, 2017

697 Stickup Kid

Dec 17, 2014

698 Betting on Trump: Water

Feb 15, 2017

699 Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court (2020)

Nov 24, 2020

700 The Mind of a Murderer

Mar 19, 1984

701 The Mind of a Murderer

Mar 26, 1984

702 Shootout on Imperial Highway

Jan 22, 1985

703 Shootout on Imperial Highway Part 2

Jan 29, 1985

704 Crisis in Central America Pt 1 Yankee Years

Apr 9, 1985

705 Crisis in Central America Pt 2 Castro's Challenge

Apr 10, 1985

706 Crisis in Central America Pt 3 Revol. in Nicrgua.

Apr 11, 1985

707 Crisis in Central America Pt 4 Battle for El Sal.

Apr 12, 1985

708 Comrades

Jul 1, 1986

709 Comrades

Jul 8, 1986

710 Comrades

Jul 15, 1986

711 Comrades

Jul 22, 1986

712 Comrades

Jul 29, 1986

713 Comrades

Aug 5, 1986

714 Comrades

Aug 12, 1986

715 Comrades

Aug 19, 1986

716 Comrades

Aug 26, 1986

717 Comrades

Sep 2, 1986

718 Comrades

Sep 9, 1986

719 Stopping Drugs (1)

Feb 10, 1987

720 Stopping Drugs (2)

Feb 17, 1987

721 Apartheid Parts 1-2

Dec 14, 1987

722 Apartheid Parts 3-4

Dec 15, 1987

723 Apartheid Part 5

Dec 16, 1987

724 Decade of Destruction Part 1: Ashes of Forest

Sep 18, 1990

725 Decade of Destruction Part 2: Killing for Land

Sep 19, 1990

726 Decade of Destruction Part 3: Mts. of Gold

Sep 20, 1990

727 Decade of Destruction Part 4: Chico Mendes

Sep 21, 1990

728 Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts I and II

Jul 20, 1993

729 Innocence Lost: The Verdict Parts III and IV

Jul 21, 1993

730 Divided Memories Part 1

Apr 4, 1995

731 Divided Memories Part 2

Apr 11, 1995

732 The Gulf War (1)

Jan 9, 1996

733 The Gulf War (1)

Jan 9, 1996

734 From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (1)

Apr 6, 1998

735 From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (2)

Apr 6, 1998

736 The Farmer's Wife

Sep 21, 1998

737 The Farmer's Wife

Sep 22, 1998

738 The Farmer's Wife

Sep 23, 1998

739 Apocalypse! Parts 1 and 2

Nov 22, 1999

740 War in Europe (1)

Feb 22, 2000

741 War in Europe (2)

Feb 29, 2000

742 Drug Wars (1)

Oct 9, 2000

743 Drug Wars (2)

Oct 24, 2000

744 Real Justice (1)

Nov 11, 2000

745 Real Justice (2)

Nov 18, 2000

746 Organ Farm (1)

Apr 3, 2001

747 Organ Farm (2)

Apr 10, 2001

748 Country Boys: Part 1

Jan 9, 2006

749 Country Boys: Part 2

Jan 10, 2006

750 Country Boys: Part 3

Jan 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

Feb 13, 2007

754 News War (2): Secrets, Sources & Spin

Feb 20, 2007

755 News War (3): What's Happening To The News

Feb 21, 2007

756 The Mormons (1)

Apr 30, 2007

757 The Mormons (2)

May 1, 2007

758 Bush's War, Part 1

Mar 23, 2008

759 Bush's War, Part 2

Mar 24, 2008

760 2008-02-05 "A Dangerous Business Revisited

Feb 5, 2008

761 Money, Power and Wall Street, Parts 1 and 2

Apr 24, 2012

762 Money, Power and Wall Street, Parts 3 and 4

Apr 25, 2012

763 2013-04-30 "Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings"

Apr 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)

Sep 29, 2015

767 My Brother's Bomber (2)

Oct 6, 2015

768 My Brother's Bomber (3)

Oct 13, 2015

769 3/1/16 (Tu.) 10:00 PM PBS (#3024) Poor Kids (R)

Mar 1, 2016

770 Yemen Under Siege

May 3, 2016

771 The Education of Omarina

Sep 13, 2016

772 Divided States of America

Jan 17, 2017

773 Divided States of America

Jan 18, 2017

774 Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

Feb 20, 2018

775 Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

Feb 27, 2018

776 Our Man in Tehran

Aug 13, 2018

777 2017-11-22 "Poor Kids"

Nov 22, 2017

778 Putin's Revenge

Oct 25, 2017

779 Putin's Revenge

Nov 1, 2017

780 The Facebook Dilemma (1)

Oct 29, 2018

781 The Facebook Dilemma (2)

Oct 30, 2018

782 Targeting Yemen

Jan 22, 2019

783 Iraq's Secret Sex Trade

Nov 12, 2019

784 America's Great Divide: Obama to Trump (1)

Jan 13, 2020

785 America's Great Divide: Obama to Trump (2)

Jan 14, 2020

786 The Luanda Leaks

Jan 21, 2020

787 Undocumented in the Pandemic

Aug 11, 2020

788 COVID in Yemen

Feb 9, 2021

789 The Virus That Shook the World

Apr 26, 2021

790 The Virus That Shook the World

Apr 27, 2021

791 India's Rape Scandal

Jul 20, 2021

792 Massacre in El Salvador

Nov 9, 2021

793 The Power of Big Oil - Denial

Apr 19, 2022

794 The Power of Big Oil - Doubt

Apr 26, 2022

795 The Power of Big Oil - Delay

May 3, 2022

796 After Zero Tolerance

Dec 6, 2022

797 Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus

Jan 3, 2023

798 Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus

Jan 10, 2023

799 America and the Taliban

Apr 4, 2023

800 America and the Taliban

Apr 11, 2023

801 America and the Taliban

Apr 25, 2023

802 Tutwiler

Sep 5, 2023

803 Failure at the Fence

Dec 19, 2023

804 Remaking the Middle East: The U.S., Israel and Iran (2026 Version)

Mar 10, 2026

805 Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question (2026 Version)

Mar 31, 2026

In the weeks since the U.S. and Israel began bombarding Iran, President Trump repeatedly justified the strikes by claiming Iran had posed an imminent nuclear threat.But months earlier, in the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes in June 2025, the message coming from Washington, D.C., was that Iran's key nuclear facilities had been "obliterated."Drawing on new reporting, satellite imagery analysis and interviews, FRONTLINE, The Washington Post, Evident Media and Bellingcat investigate the status of Iran's nuclear program amid the second round of U.S.-Israeli military action in less than a year.This updated version of the documentary previously aired on December 16, 2025.