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Award-winning documentaries, podcasts and digital storytelling that question, explain & change our world. 📺 🎧 💻
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The adoption industry in the U.S. is a multi-billion-dollar business. As the demand for infants outpaces supply, a loosely regulated corner of the industry has emerged: “adoption tourism.” Stream “Baby Brokers,” a FRONTLINE and @RetroReport documentary, on YouTube and PBS- The Federal Reserve held its first meeting under new Chair Kevin Warsh and announced it would hold rates steady. In a newly released interview from our recent documentary “The President vs. the Fed,” Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff spoke with FRONTLINE about the Federal
- FRONTLINE has been covering the Syrian war since it began in 2011, tracing its origins and evolution, its impact on Syrians and the rest of the world, and how the U.S. has responded.
- As former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is arrested under an ICC warrant, explore his rise and his deadly drug crackdown through our documentaries and podcast episodes.
- COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic five years ago, on March 11, 2020. FRONTLINE has been covering the crisis since the beginning. Revisit our documentaries on the pandemic and its fallout in the U.S. and around the world.
- On March 11, 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, triggering a crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. FRONTLINE’s 2012 documentary “Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown” revealed how close the world came to a nuclear nightmare.
- An operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in Myanmar where they were forced to trick Americans and others out of their life savings. But survivors have found themselves trapped once again, this time in
- FRONTLINE and @propublica’s investigation into a teen killer’s march to violence shows the deadly reach of the Terrorgram Collective’s online extremists, who operated outside the view of local law enforcement.
- “Crisis on Campus” chronicled the escalating turmoil on American college campuses after the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the war in Gaza began. Watch the 2024 documentary from FRONTLINE and @RetroReport, which includes interviews with people on all sides of the divide
- “Crime Scene: Bucha” investigated atrocities committed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha during Russia’s month-long occupation, which happened three years ago this month. Watch the 2022 documentary from FRONTLINE, @AP and @situ_research:
- Join FRONTLINE at #SXSW25 on March 7 for a conversation about where documentary storytelling meets real-world impact. Learn more here:
- For a timely and comprehensive look at longtime President Xi’s vision for China and the broader implications — from his crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang to his provocative ambitions for Taiwan — watch FRONTLINE's 2024 documentary “China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping.”
