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Season 29
October 18, 2010

Season 29

01. Death by Fire

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?

October 19, 2010

02. The Spill

Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.

October 26, 2010

03. The Confessions

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.

November 9, 2010

04. Facing Death

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

November 23, 2010

05. Battle for Haiti

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.

January 11, 2011

06. Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper

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.

January 18, 2011

07. Post Mortem

A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.

February 1, 2011

09. Revolution in Cairo

A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

February 22, 2011

10. Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning

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

March 29, 2011

11. Football High

High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?

April 12, 2011

12. The Silence

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.

April 19, 2011

13. Fighting for Bin Laden

The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

May 3, 2011

14. Kill/Capture

Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.

May 10, 2011

15. WikiSecrets

The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.

May 24, 2011

16. The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke

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.

June 28, 2011

17. The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists

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.

July 26, 2011

18. Top Secret America

A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending

September 6, 2011

19. An Optimist in Haiti

The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.

September 27, 2011

20. The Man Behind the Mosque

The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.

September 27, 2011