Frontline - Season 39 (2020)

The U.S. was left scrambling for critical medical equipment as COVID-19 swept the country. FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences during a crisis.

As America chooses its next president in the midst of a historic pandemic, FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts - and whose might not.

A post-election special on the lives, hopes and fears of Americans throughout the pandemic and in the chaotic months leading up to the historic presidential contest.

From Amy Coney Barrett to Robert Bork, an investigation of how a partisan war for the Supreme Court culminated in Amy Coney Barrett's controversial confirmation days before the 2020 presidential election.

Secrets, lies and lasting consequences. For the past four years, journalist Josh Baker has been trying to uncover the truth about an American family's journey from Indiana to the Islamic State group's caliphate and back.

With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, A Thousand Cuts goes inside the escalating war between the government and the press. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who has become a top target of President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on the news media.

This FRONTLINE episode tells the story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America's 46th president. It describes the searing moments that shaped President Biden and what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.

FRONTLINE investigates Trump's siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.

The untold story of the start of the COVID pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak and lessons for the world.

FRONTLINE's Ramita Navai investigates allegations that Iranian-backed Shia militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting U.S. interests. Also a look at how COVID is worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis.

Death Is Our Business examines in intimate and moving detail how Black funeral homes in New Orleans have had to adapt to the devastating impact of COVID-19 in their community.

In the aftermath of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE examines how far-right groups were emboldened and encouraged by former President Trump and how individuals were radicalized and brought into the political landscape.

The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.

The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.

An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes - Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony sheds light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and forced conscription.

FRONTLINE investigates the growing inequities in American health care exposed by COVID-19 due to pressure of increasing profits, structural racism and uneven government support.

Designated a terrorist by the United States, the powerful Syrian militant Abu Mohammad al-Jolani now seeks a new relationship with the west.

FRONTLINE investigates the rise of far-right extremism and violence in Germany.

When COVID-19 struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country's central bank continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost?

Frontline's correspondent Najibullah Quraishi investigates the consequences of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also Frontline's correspondent Ramita Navai investigates a wave of shocking rape cases in India.

How seven men in Miami were indicted for the biggest alleged Al Qaeda plot since 9/11.