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- DirectorTom O'DellStarsThomas ArnoldAngela StrehliStevie Ray VaughanThis film reveals and dissects the formative years of Stevie Ray Vaughan's career - his influences and recordings - and traces the history of Texas blues itself, identifying Vaughan's place within this larger tradition. Featuring rare archive footage, exclusive interviews and a host of other features which all at once provide the finest document on the celebrated guitarist yet to emerge.Reel to Real - 10/21/16
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsSara WeaverDaniel LevitasJess WalterDrawing upon eyewitness accounts, including interviews with Weaver's daughter, Sara, and federal agents involved in the confrontation, Ruby Ridge is an account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
- DirectorNeil DochertyStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressPaul GreenbergJournalist and author Paul Greenberg (Four Fish; American Catch) spends a year eating only fish. From farmed fish in Norway to the biggest wild fishery in the world off Peru, he travels to investigate the health of the ocean - as well as his own.5/18/17
- DirectorKen DornsteinStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressWill LymanThe impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to re-evaluate juvenile murder cases.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanSteve BannonDonald TrumpPresident Trump's advisor Stephen Bannon's war - with radical Islam, Washington, and White House rivals. The story of Bannon's fight to deliver on Trump's promises, with a confrontational style based on his personal crusade to dramatically transform America.
- DirectorPeter L. SteinStarsJacques PepinStanley TucciJosé AndrésDiscover the story of chef Jacques Pépin, a young immigrant with movie-star looks, a charming Gallic accent, and a mastery of cooking and teaching so breathtaking he became an American food icon.
- 1985– 53mTV-PG7.2 (108)TV EpisodeDirectorDoug HamiltonStarsR.W. Apple Jr.Daniel BouludBob CannardFollow Alice Waters through a year of shopping and cooking, and discover the vision of an artist and advocate, who has taken her gift for food and turned it into consciousness about the environment, nutrition and a device for social change.
- StarsMeg AndersonPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressAn investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. With NPR, the film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.
- DirectorMatthew O'NeillStarsErroll BrantleyVaughn GreshamWill LymanFollow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.
- DirectorRawand Khalid SaeedOur virtual reality cameras put you on the front line of combat in Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq, as the future of Iraq - and the fate of ISIS - is determined. Brought to you by Peter Berg's Film 45 and 44 Blue Productions.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanYevgenia AlbatsJonathan AllenHow Vladimir Putin came to see the United States and Hillary Clinton in particular as enemies. Why he decided to target an American election.
- DirectorMichael CollinsA deeper conversation about "moral injury" and society's role in war.
- DirectorJohn ScheinfeldStarsGracie AllenWoody AllenAnn-MargretA look at the life and career of Bob Hope.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsCampbell ScottMichael HiltzikRobert BuderiTells the story of the role played by American tycoon and physicist Alfred Lee Loomis and a team of British scientists at Loomis's home laboratory outside New York City in countervailing Nazi advances in nuclear fission during World War II.
- 1983– 1h 53mTV-MA8.2 (170)TV EpisodeStarsBashar al-AssadTurki Al-FaisalAdel Al-JubeirHighlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressJim GilmorePresident Donald Trump's time in office has been marked by ongoing turmoil - including in his own Republican Party, where presidential tweetstorms, inflammatory rhetoric and high-profile dissent have fueled open conflict. In Trump's Takeover, FRONTLINE's acclaimed political team tells the inside story of a president who vowed to take down the Washington establishment, and who has fought an intense war for control of the GOP. Through interviews with longtime Republican legislators like Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), House Freedom Caucus members including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), current and former senior White House officials including Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer, authors, and journalists, Trump's Takeover examines how the president is remaking the GOP in his own image, counter-punching when criticized and publicly attacking those who defy him. The film traces the president's relationship with the GOP-led Congress, from his Twitter attacks on fellow Republicans after the failed Obamacare repeal-and-replace effort, to a split over what many in the party said was the president's inadequate response to deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, to when Congress ultimately delivered a major legislative victory for Trump with the passage of tax reform. Gripping and revealing, Trump's Takeover is a window into the potential lasting impact of the Trump era on the Republican Party and the American political system as a whole. It's the story of President Trump's takeover of the Republican Party - from the perspective of Republican lawmakers and insiders themselves.
- DirectorMark ZwonitzerMichael ChinStarsThalia MassieThomas MassieGrace Hubbard FortescueIn 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made an allegation of rape against five islanders.
- StarsPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressCarmen Yulín CruzMore than seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, more than 100,000 Americans are still without power, as part of the worst blackout in U.S. history. FRONTLINE and NPR investigate how the federal response in Puerto Rico left millions of Americans in the dark for months - and the storm before the storm: how Wall Street, Puerto Rico's government, and Washington fueled a debt crisis that left the island's economy in ruins and its infrastructure crippled even before Maria hit. The investigative team uncovered a trove of insider documents that show a government relief effort in chaos, struggling with key contracts, basic supplies, and its own workforce. The film, produced with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, uncovers a series of shortcomings after Maria, including how half of FEMA's staff on the island were trainees or unqualified, how contractors FEMA turned to failed to deliver hundreds of thousands of tarps, and how the Army Corps' temporary roof repair program was glaringly slow compared to other storms - putting up just 439 roofs in the first 30 days after the storm compared to more than 4,500 in the first month after Irma in Florida. Underpinning it all, Blackout in Puerto Rico delves into Wall Street's role in the island's economic demise - a crisis that left it dangerously vulnerable to a storm like Maria - and the relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S., including how Congress's withdrawal of a special tax break helped spur the Puerto Rican government's cycle of debt and borrowing. Gripping and riveting, Blackout in Puerto Rico is a must-watch look inside the ongoing recovery effort in Puerto Rico - and the economic crisis that devastated the island long before Maria.
- DirectorJames CarletonStarsSteven BauerOn April 1 1980, five individuals seeking political asylum crashed a bus through the gates of the Peruvian embassy in Havana, Cuba. In the following days, 10,000 people stormed that embassy's grounds, signifying wide-spread disdain for Cuba's dictatorship. Fearing that continued civil unrest might cause further violence, Fidel Castro proclaimed that any Cuban wishing to immigrate to the United States could board a boat at the nearby port of Mariel. In what some considered a bold move, Castro forced prisoners and street indigents to board these same boats. While only a small percentage of the 125,000 Mariel refugees were actually criminals, Castro succeeded in tarnishing the image of those fleeing the country. However, for the vast majority of those who left Cuba, this was the beginning of a costly journey to freedom. The exile would begin not only with a parting of personal possessions, but a separation from family that for many would last a lifetime. But for the Marielitos the cost of their mass exodus was outweighed by something previously unimaginable: a chance to pursue their dreams. Dr. Jose Garcia left through Mariel as a 13 year-old boy. His journey takes us through personal accounts of lives affected by the Mariel exodus, of those who departed and also those who stayed behind. Culminating with his long anticipated trip back to his birthplace, we see the emotional reuniting of family and friends as we explore and listen to the unheard 'Voices From Mariel'.
- DirectorSteven FongJeff ShulmanStarsPhyllis BeaumonteDamon BomarKristi BrownSeattle's Central District was the largest enclave of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest. The once-thriving community now finds its very existence threatened by change, which is tearing apart the social fabric of their neighborhood. With few African Americans left in the Central District, can they overcome the course of change before their community and its rich history vanish? On the Brink tells a universal story of a struggle to hold on to a sense of community in the face of change, and finding hope in a time of despair.
- StarsPeter NeufeldBarry ScheckMichael WestCases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanJohn O. BrennanMichael IsikoffPresident Donald Trump fights against the investigation of his campaign and the claim of obstruction of justice, waging a war against the special counsel, FBI and attorney general.
- DirectorJames JacobyStarsAndrew AnkerMonika BickertJames ClapperOriginal interviews and rare footage show the challenges facing Facebook and its response to charges of disrupting politics in America and around the world.
- DirectorRick RowleyStarsA.C. ThompsonAli WinstonJake HanrahanExposing a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military. An investigation with ProPublica shows the group's terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017 Charlottesville rally.
- DirectorJames BluemelStarsWill LymanPriyanka BoghaniSarah ChildressCivilians, journalists and soldiers from both sides of the conflict explain their experience during the Iraq War, from the 2003 invasion through the 17 years that followed.