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November 23, 2010

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The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families

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Frontline: Season 29 - 19 Episode s

29x1 - Death by Fire
October 19, 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?
29x2 - The Spill
October 26, 2010
Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
29x3 - The Confessions
November 9, 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.
29x4 - Facing Death
November 23, 2010
The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families
29x5 - Battle for Haiti
January 11, 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.
29x6 - Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper
January 18, 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.
29x7 - Post Mortem
February 1, 2011
A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.
29x9 - Revolution in Cairo
February 22, 2011
A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
29x10 - Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning
March 29, 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
29x11 - Football High
April 12, 2011
High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?
29x12 - The Silence
April 19, 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.
29x13 - Fighting for Bin Laden
May 3, 2011
The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
29x14 - Kill/Capture
May 10, 2011
Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.
29x15 - WikiSecrets
May 24, 2011
The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
29x16 - The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke
June 28, 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.
29x17 - The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists
July 26, 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.
29x18 - Top Secret America
September 6, 2011
A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending
29x19 - An Optimist in Haiti
September 27, 2011
The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.
29x20 - The Man Behind the Mosque
September 27, 2011
The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.

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