Episode guide
Frontline: Season 39
10 episodes · premiered Jul 20, 2020
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- Episode 1: COVID's Hidden Toll Jul 21, 2020 An examination on how the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers. The documentary follows the coronavirus pandemic’s invisible victims, including crucial farm…
- Episode 2: United States of Conspiracy Jul 28, 2020 How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House. Frontline examines the alliance of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Trump advisor Roger…
- Episode 3: Love, Life & the Virus / Undocumented in the Pandemic Aug 11, 2020 Two intimate stories of immigrant families whose lives were upended by the coronavirus. "Love, Life and the Virus" follows Zully, a 30-year-old mother, who is diagnosed with COVID-19 — and…
- Episode 4: Growing Up Poor in America Sep 8, 2020 The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of…
- Episode 5: Policing the Police 2020 Sep 15, 2020 George Floyd's killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake of those protests, New Yorker writer…
- Episode 6: The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden Sep 22, 2020 In this 2-hour special from veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team, hear from friends, family, colleagues and adversaries about the challenges that shaped Trump and Biden’s…
- Episode 7: America's Medical Supply Crisis Oct 6, 2020 Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press and Global Reporting Centre, FRONTLINE investigates…
- Episode 8: Whose Vote Counts Oct 20, 2020 As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, Frontline investigates whose vote counts — and whose might not. New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb reports on…
- Episode 9: American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil Nov 17, 2020 A FRONTLINE post-election special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans, from the pandemic to the polls. This documentary was filmed around the U.S. for much of the year, following…
- Episode 10: Return from ISIS Dec 15, 2020 The story of an American mother who takes her son to the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. A special report three years in the making investigating how the family ended up in Syria and what…