Will Lyman
Also Known As: William Remington Lyman, William Lyman
Biography: William Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American actor. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984 and played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Birthday: May 20, 1948
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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America After 9/11
Overview: From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker and chronicler of U.S. politics Michael Kirk and his team, this documentary traces the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the devastating consequences that unfolded across four presidencies. Drawing on both new interviews and those from the dozens of documentaries Kirk and his award-winning team made in the years after 9/11, this two-hour special offers an epic re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed America. From the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the January 6 insurrection, America After 9/11 exposes the legacy of September 11 — and the ongoing challenge it poses for the president and the country.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-07
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Iron Man
Overview: After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-30
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Boeing's Fatal Flaw
Overview: An investigation of Boeing’s flawed 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people. With the New York Times, revealing the commercial pressures, flawed design, and failed oversight behind the creation of Boeing’s fastest-selling plane.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-14
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Aftermath
Overview: A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge when a heavily armed group of ex-military revolutionaries take everyone hostage.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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Taliban Takeover
Overview: The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter Najibullah Quraishi (Leaving Afghanistan, Taliban Country) investigates uncertainty and fear among the Afghan people and revisits the lead-up to the U.S. defeat and the Taliban’s return.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-12
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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Overview: An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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Alma Mater
Overview: 1960's Harvard Professor is having an affair with his male teaching assistant.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-12
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Putin and the Presidents
Overview: FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk (Putin’s Revenge, Putin’s Road to War) and his team trace the miscalculations and missteps of U.S. presidents over five administrations, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-31
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Fierce People
Overview: A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-05
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Celtic Pride
Overview: Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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Terror in Europe
Overview: FRONTLINE and ProPublica go inside Europe’s fight against terrorism — the missed warnings and the lingering vulnerabilities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-18
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Shots Fired
Overview: Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state with Frontline's local journalism partner The Salt Lake Tribune.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-26
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Our Fathers
Overview: In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide to seek redress.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-11
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The Secret History of the Credit Card
Overview: FRONTLINE and The New York Times examine how the credit card industry became so pervasive, so lucrative, and so politically powerful.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-23
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Little Children
Overview: The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-06
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Mother/Android
Overview: Georgia and her boyfriend Sam go on a treacherous journey to escape their country, which is caught in an unexpected war with artificial intelligence. Days away from the arrival of their first child, the couple must face No Man’s Land—a stronghold of the android uprising—in hopes of reaching safety before giving birth.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-17
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The Bay of Pigs
Overview: On 17th April 1961, an invasion force of over 1,200 Cuban exiles - trained, financed, equipped and directed by the US CIA - launched an amphibious invasion of the Cuban mainland. This documentary examines both the tactical and ethical questions surrounding the failed three-day battle, one that the world watched with great apprehension, and features interviews with key participants, archival footage and information obtained through declassified documents.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court
Overview: As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of their path to power. This investigation from veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team traces how race, power and controversy collide in the rise of the Supreme Court justice and his wife and how the couple has reshaped American law and politics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-09
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Generation Like
Overview: Thanks to social media, teens are able to directly interact with their culture - celebrities, movies, brands - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers hold the upper hand? Douglas Rushkoff explores how the teen quest for identity has migrated to the web – and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-18
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Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory
Overview: Award-winning sports chronicler Bud Greenspan delivers a powerful and emotional look at six individual stories in the official film of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Greenspan goes beyond highlight footage to tell the story of how these athletes overcome incredible obstacles to achieve Olympic glory.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-07
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Netanyahu at War
Overview: The inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Amid violence in the Middle East, the film traces Netanyahu's rise to power and his high-stakes fight with the president over Iran's nuclear program.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-05
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Floating
Overview: Already suffering fiscal and emotional bankruptcy after a car crash shatters his life, young Van finds himself in a vacuum when his buddies go off to college and he stays behind to look after his disabled, alcoholic father. Lacking an outlet for his rage, Van starts to run with two local punks and drifts into a life of crime. Then he meets Doug, who seems to have everything Van desires ... but Doug has demons of his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-20
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Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
Overview: A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011 triggering a crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. This 2012 documentary reveals how close the world came to a nuclear nightmare. In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. FRONTLINE tells the story of the workers struggling frantically to reconnect power inside the plant’s pitch-dark and highly radioactive reactor buildings; the nuclear experts and officials in the prime minister’s office fighting to get information as the crisis spiraled out of control; and the plant manager who disobeyed his executives’ orders when he thought it would save the lives of his workers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-28
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The Boneyard
Overview: This is the true story of one of the most grisly crime scene investigations in the history of the United States. The grueling case - that began with a simple shoplifting arrest - unfolded clue by clue, until a shocking discovery rocked the nation: more than forty pounds of bones and five intact bodies buried on Charles Ng and Leonard Lakes' property. Each gruesome excavation confirmed that Ng and Lake were no ordinary serial killers. They were manipulative, sadistic, and had no mercy for their innocent victims. Walk alongside law enforcement, step by step, as they work to get justice for the slain.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-06
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The Mao Years: 1949-1976
Overview: CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. THE MAO YEARS examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-13
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Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry
Overview: The complex engineering challenges that make re-entry into the earth's atmosphere so dangerous. Scientists have labored for years to bring a crew safely home in what is essentially a meteorite, wrapped in a cocoon of fire, hurtling towards earth six times faster than the fastest bullet. Scientific experts from NASA explain the significance of Columbia's events as they unfolded, offer insights into what may have caused them and how those key events contributed to the shuttle’s ultimate destruction.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-25
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The Autumn Heart
Overview: When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack Davidson) 16 years ago. What they discover is that while they have struggled, their father has become a wealthy man and their brother is in school at Harvard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-27
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Abuse of Power
Overview: The late Irish hero fireman's (Lefty) charming son William M. "Billy" Dylan (25) is elected as independent, youngest Massachusettes state representative. He joins the Democrats, Congress seat Beacon Hill's legendary rooster, House speaker Charles T. "Chick" Mudoon, who trusts the customary campaign debt check will reel the rookie in as another meek party soldier. However the naive, naturally noble new boy, who doesn't hesitate to single-handedly fight off two skinhead gay-bashers, has and follows his own conscience. He defeats Muldoon's dodgy attempts to prevent a congressional committee investigating state police school cadet abuse, which would compromise his deputy, majority leader Spanky Reardon. It seems Muldoon's revenged when Dylan gets framed for the alleged violent abuse of a two-faced congressional aid. However, there's a more devious, ambitious plot behind two abuse cases and a staged corrupt payment for a memorial hospital wing.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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The Power of Big Oil
Overview: In an epic three-part documentary series, FRONTLINE investigates the decades-long failure to confront the threat of climate change and the role of the fossil fuel industry. Part One charts the fossil fuel industry’s early research on climate change and investigates industry efforts to sow seeds of doubt about the science. Part Two explores the industry’s efforts to stall climate policy, even as evidence about climate change grew more certain in the new millennium. And as leading climate scientists issue new warnings about climate change, Part Three examines how the fossil fuel industry worked to delay the transition to renewable energy sources — including by promoting natural gas as a cleaner alternative.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-19
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Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
Overview: The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents their collaboration on this tradition breaking opera.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-14
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Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers
Overview: Does your parent's car have new dents or nicks? Does mentally reviewing the trip ahead of time help you when driving? When should a senior relinquish the keys or when should someone step in and remove them? The Golden Road: Today's Senior Drivers provides the tools you need in order to recognize, understand and confront these issues with deliberation and care.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program
Overview: Last year Edward Snowden downloaded tens of thousands of top-secret documents from a highly secure government computer network. The revelations that followed touched off a fierce debate over the massive surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency. Through exclusive interviews with intelligence insiders, cabinet officials, and government whistle-blowers, the film reveals how the U.S. government came to monitor the communications of millions of Americans and to collect billions of records on ordinary people around the world.
Genres: Documentary History Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-13
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United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
Overview: An investigation into the hidden relationship between Silicon Valley and the National Security Agency.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-20
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China: A Century of Revolution
Overview: CHINA: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTION is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. CHINA IN REVOLUTION charts the country's most violent era where decades of civil war and foreign invasions led to the bloody battle for power between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. THE MAO YEARS examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation. Mao's death begins BORN UNDER THE RED FLAG, which follows the country's new leadership of Deng Xiaoping and its unlikely transformation into an extraordinary hybrid of communist-centralized politics with an ever-expanding free market economy.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: Unknown
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Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Overview: A look inside the Russian assault on Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, told by displaced families, civilians caught in the fight and first responders.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-02
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Lies, Politics and Democracy
Overview: Frontline’s season premiere investigates American political leaders and choices they’ve made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S. In a two-hour documentary special premiering ahead of the 2022 midterms, Frontline examines how officials fed the public lies about the 2020 presidential election and embraced rhetoric that led to political violence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-06
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Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
Overview: As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, a major 90-minute documentary offers a sweeping examination of the critical moments leading up to this crisis over the course of the past three decades, and the pivotal role of a central player: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Starting with the Oslo peace accords and continuing through the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the ongoing war in Gaza, the documentary draws on years of reporting and is an incisive look at the long history of failed peace efforts and violent conflict in the region — and the increasing tensions between Israel and its ally, the U.S., over the war’s catastrophic toll and what comes next.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-19
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Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
Overview: A brief look at the history of "Homicide: Life on the Street", one of the best shows on television and its ratings history as well as some of the people on the show, as well as behind the camera. The primary focus of this PBS documentary is the "Subway" episode which aired on December 5, 1997 on NBC. This two-hour documentary follows the "Subway" episode from conception to award nominations.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-04
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Inside the Uvalde Response
Overview: Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-05
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The Discord Leaks
Overview: An investigation into how a young Air National Guardsman allegedly leaked classified documents on the Discord chat platform. With The Washington Post, FRONTLINE examines Jack Teixeira’s alleged leak of national security secrets, why he wasn’t stopped and the role of platforms like Discord.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-12
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Last Man Out
Overview: Walt Whitman's "Leaves Of Grass" proves transformative for the ghost of a handsome young Civil War soldier and a closeted middle-aged accountant, both of whom want out of the prisons that confine them.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-05
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Losing Iraq (Frontline)
Overview: Examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the film traces the U.S. role from the 2003 invasion to the current violence, showing how Iraq itself is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-29
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A Perfect Murder
Overview: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-05
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League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
Overview: Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-08
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Warriors of the French Foreign Legion
Overview: It's been called an army of thieves and cutthroats. A band of hired killers. But from the burning sands of Northern Africa to the jungles of South America, whenever the odds are long and the battle fierce, the French Foreign legion has been called into action.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Democracy on Trial
Overview: FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. With the presidential race for 2024 underway, veteran political filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team examine the House Jan. 6 committee’s evidence, the historic charges against Trump and the threat to democracy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-30
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The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-25
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Truth, War and Consequences
Overview: Did America rush into a war in Iraq for which it was unprepared? FRONTLINE examines why the U.S. went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what was at stake for both the U.S. and for Iraqis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-09
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The Search for Satan
Overview: FRONTLINE untangles the mysterious web of satanic ritual abuse, psychiatric treatment, and insurance claims that escalated into millions of dollars. Were these professed victims of secret satanic cults really helped by the psychiatric care they received?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-24
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The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
Overview: A look into the mind of one of the Hillside Strangler murderers, Kenneth Bianchi.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-19
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The Mind of a Murderer: Part 2
Overview: A look at the trial and the use of psychiatric evidence in the criminal proceedings of mass murderer 'The Hillside Strangler' Kenneth Bianchi.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-26
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Out of Gitmo
Overview: The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-27
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The New Asylums
Overview: There are nearly half a million mentally ill people serving time in America's prisons and jails.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-10
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Children of Ukraine
Overview: FRONTLINE examines how thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken and held in Russian-controlled territory since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The documentary follows Ukrainian families searching for their missing children, organizations investigating the alleged abductions and Ukrainian teenagers who escaped and say they were subjected to Russian propaganda.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-16
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Columbus And The Age Of Discovery
Overview: A documentary about the events that surrounded the exploration voyages of Christopher Columbus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-04
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United States of Conspiracy
Overview: How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-28
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Norse America
Overview: Documentary correlating contemporary archaeological discoveries in the Far North with the descriptions of Viking explorations and settlements detailed in the Icelandic sagas, suggesting a pattern of exploration and trading that extended over the circumpolar region for thousands of years before Columbus' celebrated voyage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-15
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The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
Overview: Follows U.S., Canadian, and European scientists from the barrens of Labrador - where archaeologists uncover an ancient stone burial mound - to sites in the U.S., France, England, and Denmark, and to the vast fjords of northernmost Norway where monumental standing stones testify to links among seafaring cultures across immense distances.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-17
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Crisis on Campus
Overview: A firestorm has been raging on many American college campuses. Ignited by the devastating October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the catastrophic war in Gaza, the outrage deeply divided American campuses and in some places devolved into hate-filled rhetoric and arrests. FRONTLINE and Retro Report have been following the escalating turmoil since the war began — talking to people on all sides of the divide, investigating how universities have responded, how powerful interests joined the fray, and how the conflict over the conflict ultimately spiraled out of control. From director James Jacoby (Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza, Amazon Empire, Age of Easy Money) and Retro Report producers Scott Michels and Joseph Hogan, Crisis on Campus examines how the debate over one of the world’s most intractable and complex conflicts has gripped American college campuses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-11
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Sinking the Lusitania
Overview: The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-27
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Satan in the Suburbs
Overview: Satan in the Suburbs tells the shocking story of a grisly ritualistic murder in the quiet bedroom community of Northport, Long Island in the summer of 1984. The killing, it soon emerged, was linked to a teen satanic cult. Perhaps more disturbing than the details of the murder itself was the revelation of a conspiracy of silence among the town's teenagers, many of whom had been aware of the, e killing in the two weeks before an anonymous call finally tipped off local police. 17- year-old Ricky Kasso was arrested and confessed to the crime; five days later, he hung himself in his holding cell. Kasso's friend Jimmy Troiano also. confessed, but was acquitted after jurors learned that he was beaten by local police. The murder shocked the local community and reverberated nationally, with some uninformed observers rushing to scapegoat rock music as the cause.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Frontline: President Trump
Overview: The key moments that helped shape President-elect Donald Trump.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-03
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The Choice 2016
Overview: An interwoven investigative biography of U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump that draws on dozens of interviews from those who know them best—friends and family, advisers and adversaries—as well as authors, journalists and political insiders.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Frontline: Divided States of America
Overview: Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-17
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Frontline: The Age of AIDS
Overview: After a quarter-century of political denial and social stigma, of stunning scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-30
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Prison State
Overview: From PBS and Frontline: With unprecedented access, FRONTLINE investigates the impact of mass incarceration in America, focusing on a troubled housing project in Louisville, Kentucky, and a statewide effort to reverse the trend. There are some 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S. today, but a disproportionate number come from a few city neighborhoods, and in some places the concentration is so dense that states are spending millions of dollars a year to lock up residents of single blocks. "Prison State" examines one community, Louisville's Beecher Terrace housing project, and follows the lives of four residents as they move in and out of custody, while Kentucky tries break that cycle and shrink its prison state.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-29
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What Doesn't Kill You
Overview: Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory
Overview: A documentary covering the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-27
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Atlanta’s Olympic Glory
Overview: A documentary covering the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-07
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Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
Overview: A documentary covering the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-20
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Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
Overview: A documentary covering the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-26
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Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory
Overview: A documentary covering the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-05
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Crossbow: The Movie
Overview: A made-for-tv movie based on tv series 'Crossbow'.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory
Overview: A documentary covering the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-28
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Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
Overview: This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of United States Marines and civilian contractors. From December 8th until December 23rd, 1941 the defenders thwarted an aerial attack and an attempted amphibious landing from a naval task force before finally being overwhelmed by the third attempt by the Japanese Imperial Navy.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-02
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American Porn
Overview: It's one of the hottest industries in America. Easier to order at home than a pizza, bigger than rock music, it's arguably the most profitable enterprise in cyberspace. AT&T has been in the business. Yahoo! has profited from it. Westin and Marriott have made more money selling it than selling snacks and drinks in their mini-bars. And with estimates as high as $10 billion a year, it boasts the kind of earnings that most American businesses would envy. It's pornography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-21
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Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Overview: Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "witch hysteria" of 1692. THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH offers an accurate portrayal of the Salem witch trials, with real characters and original transcripts woven into the dialogue. The film is a powerful, moving story about three loving sisters accused of witchcraft.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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Hostile Takeover
Overview: A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no demands.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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I'm Paige Wilson
Overview: Events in the life of Paige Wilson, a pretty, bright 27-year-old congressional aide in Washington, D.C. This is an unaired television pilot for a potential series that would have been in The CW's 2007-2008 season of programming if it was picked up.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-14
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Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
Overview: Jeff Bezos is not only one of the richest men in the world, he has built a business empire that is without precedent in the history of American capitalism. His power to shape everything from the future of work to the future of commerce to the future of technology is unrivaled. As politicians and regulators around the world start to consider the global impact of Amazon — and how to rein in Bezos’ power — FRONTLINE investigates how he executed a plan to build one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-18
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Battle for Hong Kong
Overview: With unique access inside the battle for Hong Kong, FRONTLINE follows five protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their struggle against what they say is growing influence from the communist government of mainland China.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-11
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Michael Jordan: His Airness
Overview: From his days as a child in North Carolina to his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 1999, His Airness takes you on a journey through Michael Jordan's entire career. Complete with spectacular highlights along with interviews from teammates, coaches, and writers, plus Michael's own insight, this video captures the spirit, determination and championship drive of this global icon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Firestone and the Warlord
Overview: The untold story of The Firestone Tire Company, Charles Taylor, and the forgotten tragedy of Liberia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-18
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American Meltdown
Overview: The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-06
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Mystic River
Overview: The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-07
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Nixon
Overview: The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry's faith in government.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-15
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The Siege
Overview: The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
Overview: An investigative biography originally broadcast in 1993 for BBC Timewatch about the man at the center of the political crime of the 20th century. At the heart of the assassination lies the puzzle of Lee Harvey Oswald: Was he an emotionally disturbed lone gunman? Was he part of a broader conspiracy? Or was he an unwitting fall guy, the patsy, as Oswald himself claimed? This was subsequently broadcast on PBS in America as Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-09
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Christmas on Ice
Overview: Courtney Bennett, a former US figure skating hopeful, runs the city’s public skating rink but when the Mayor announces its closing, Courtney is heartbroken but determined to save it. After Courtney’s attempts to warm the Mayor’s Scrooge-like heart fail, she enlists the help of Noah Tremblay, a former professional hockey player and single dad, who owns the new indoor skating center, to help her, and together they find more than just the spirit of holidays on the ice.
Genres: TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Separate and Unequal
Overview: Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, school segregation is making a comeback. What’s behind the growing racial divide in American schools — and what’s the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-15
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Frontline: America's Great Divide
Overview: A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-13
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The Other Guys
Overview: Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-06
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The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Overview: A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they came from and how they lead.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-22
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The Crucible
Overview: A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-27
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Dog Days
Overview: In a time of war, a young girl takes in a stray against her father's wishes. Is he a dog or a man in a costume?
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Life on Parole
Overview: Follow 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.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-18
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Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History
Overview: A documentary from PBS detailing the Watergate scandal with interviews from the men involved and surrounding the event.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-28
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Supplements and Safety
Overview: An investigation into the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight. The film examines the marketing and regulating of supplements, and cases of contamination and serious health problems.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-19
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UN Sex Abuse Scandal
Overview: A documentary about the UN sex abuse scandal where companies and staff working for the United Nations in the Congo and other Central African countries were involved in rape and sex abuse of local women. There have been over 1700 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against UN peacekeepers in the last 15 years. Ramita Navai reveals why it keeps happening despite UN promises to stamp it out. It was produced for Channel 4 and for PBS Frontline – and ARTE. The film won the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Journalism award for Television – International. Nominated for 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. Shortlisted for 2019 Grierson Awards for Best Single Documentary – International and Best Current Affairs Documentary. In 2020, the documentary won the 22nd Media Awards for “Children’s Rights in One World” in Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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The Trouble With Antibiotics
Overview: FRONTLINE investigates the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is fueling the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in people. Also this hour: An exclusive interview with the family of a young man who died in a nightmare bacteria outbreak that swept through a hospital at the National Institutes of Health.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-14
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Overview: The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America. Award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team sat down with Trump and Harris’ friends, advisors and critics, as well as authors, journalists and political insiders to present deeply reported narrative arcs of both candidates’ lives, going all the way back to their childhoods. What emerges in FRONTLINE's "The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump" is the story of two fighters: One seeking vindication and promising a return to greatness, and the other seeking to move beyond the past and promising a greater future.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-24
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The Ultimate Guide: T-Rex
Overview: Learn about the king of the dinosaurs, the T-Rex. This was the greatest meat-eating machine of the dinosaur era.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-21
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