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Frontline: Season 29

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19 episodes · first aired Oct 18, 2010

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  1. 1 Death by Fire Oct 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?
  2. 2 The Spill Oct 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.
  3. 3 The Confessions Nov 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.
  4. 4 Facing Death Nov 23, 2010 The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families
  5. 5 Battle for Haiti Jan 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…
  6. 6 Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper Jan 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…
  7. 7 Post Mortem Feb 1, 2011 A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.
  8. 9 Revolution in Cairo Feb 22, 2011 A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
  9. 10 Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning Mar 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…
  10. 11 Football High Apr 12, 2011 High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?
  11. 12 The Silence Apr 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.
  12. 13 Fighting for Bin Laden May 3, 2011 The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  13. 14 Kill/Capture May 10, 2011 Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.
  14. 15 WikiSecrets May 24, 2011 The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
  15. 16 The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke Jun 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…
  16. 17 The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists Jul 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…
  17. 18 Top Secret America Sep 6, 2011 A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending
  18. 19 An Optimist in Haiti Sep 27, 2011 The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.
  19. 20 The Man Behind the Mosque Sep 27, 2011 The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.