Season 40 · Episode 9 — The Virus That Shook the World (2)
The epic story of people around the world living through the year of the pandemic continues in a second part. With extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE shows the differing struggles, beliefs and responses, across cultures, race, faith and privilege.
Season 40 episodes
E1With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, we go inside the escalating war between the press and the government. The documentary f…
E2The story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America’s next president. Those who know him best describe the searing mom…
E3From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence, and insurrection. FRONTLINE investigates Trump’s siege o…
E4The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international diseas…
E5How Iranian-backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq. FRONTLINE investigates allegations that militias are threatening and killing critics…
E6At Black-owned funeral homes in New Orleans, COVID-19 reshapes the grieving process. How the pandemic has transformed mourning in a city kn…
E7Over the last three years, FRONTLINE has collaborated with ProPublica to investigate the rise of extremism in America. In the aftermath of…
E8The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to prote…
E9The epic story of people around the world living through the year of the pandemic continues in a second part. With extensive personal video…
E10An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world’s most repressive regimes — Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony…
E11FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the growing inequities in American healthcare exposed by COVID-19. The documentary examines how pressure to i…
E12A powerful Syrian militant called a terrorist by the U.S. seeks a new relationship with the West. In his first interview with a Western jou…
E13FRONTLINE investigates the rise of far-right extremism and violence in Germany. The documentary traces how extremists have carried out terr…
E14When COVID struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country’s central bank continues to pump billions…
E15FRONTLINE investigates the consequences of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. With exclusive access to a militant wing of the Taliban,…
E16How seven men in Miami were indicted for the biggest alleged Al Qaeda plot since 9/11. From the director of "Leaving Neverland," the bizarr…
E17From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker and chronicler of U.S. politics Michael Kirk and his team, this documentary traces the U.S. response to th…
E18In an investigation with The New York Times, FRONTLINE examines the commercial pressures, flawed design and failed oversight behind Boeing’…
E19The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter Najibullah Quraishi investigate…
E20A leak reveals hidden assets and deals of the wealthy and powerful; the legacy of a 1981 massacre in El Salvador.
E21Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state. With local journalism partner The Salt La…