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Watch 2024’s 10 Most-Streamed New FRONTLINE Documentaries
These are the 10 most-streamed new FRONTLINE documentaries of 2024 — and they're all available to watch anytime online, in the PBS App and on YouTube.
December 23, 2024
Who Is the Rebel Leader Who Ousted Assad?
Correspondent Martin Smith on the fall of Assad, what we know about Syrian rebel leader Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, and what’s next for Syria.
December 13, 2024
Assad Has Fallen. Who Is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the Syrian Militant Who Led The Rebel Offensive That Toppled Him?
In 2021, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith became the first Western journalist to interview Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. The documentary that followed, “The Jihadist,” investigated Jolani’s origins and his Islamist militant group, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.
December 8, 2024
As Syrian Rebels Re-Ignite Conflict And Take Aleppo, Revisit FRONTLINE’s Reporting
FRONTLINE has been covering the war since it began in 2011, tracing its origins and evolution, its impact on the country’s people, and how the U.S. has responded.
December 3, 2024
What Trump Has Promised on China in a Second Term
With President-elect Donald Trump promising to take a tougher stance on China in his second term, we take a look at what he has said about his approach.
November 27, 2024
As Trump Vows Larger China Tariffs, How Did His Trade War Play Out the First Time Around?
As President-elect Donald Trump vows larger tariffs on imported Chinese goods in his second term, how did his trade war with China play out the first time around? Watch a video drawn from the new FRONTLINE documentary "China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping.”
November 26, 2024
China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping
FRONTLINE examines the rise of Xi Jinping, his vision for China and the global implications.
November 26, 2024
Two Young Women — One Israeli, One Palestinian — Whose Lives Were Devastated by Oct. 7 & the War in Gaza That Followed
Agam, an Israeli teen, was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7. Ghada, a young Palestinian woman, lost her home in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza that followed. Their stories unfold in the documentary 'A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians.'
October 15, 2024
'A Year of War' Filmmaker Wanted To ‘Bring Out the Humanity’ of People Caught in the Violence in Israel and Gaza
Filmmaker Robin Barnwell talks about why he wanted to document the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza through personal accounts from Israelis and Palestinians.
October 15, 2024
Did This Happen to Me Also? Korean Adoptees Question Their Past and Ask How To Find Their Families
Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by FRONTLINE on adoptions from South Korea. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving South Korea's foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s and '80s.
October 3, 2024
A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians
FRONTLINE documents harrowing accounts from those who experienced the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the ongoing war in Gaza.
October 15, 2024
Behind ‘South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning’
Kim Tong-hyung and Claire Galofaro of The Associated Press and filmmaker Lora Moftah discuss ‘South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning.’
September 27, 2024