FRONTLINE/World RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgMon, 20 May 2013 16:29:50 -0400Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:50 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/1589184073/Filmmaker Gabriel Leigh takes us into the complicated world of the frequent-flyer-mileage obsessed.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589184073/09/14/2010Gabriel Leigh takes us into the complicated world of the frequent-flyer-mileage obsessed.nrArts & CultureArts & CultureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1673115847/Following the rise of South America's first indigenous president.http://video.pbs.org/video/1673115847/12/10/2010Following the rise of South America's first indigenous president.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1533347949/Southern Africa: Troubled Water: What happened to the promise of the PlayPump? Haiti: The Rice Dilemma: The third in a series of FRONTLINE reports on Haiti with correspondent Adam Davidson of NPR's Planet Money. West Papua: The Clever One In the remote highlands of Indonesia, an American artist finds a peculiar bird with a special talent.http://video.pbs.org/video/1533347949/09/14/2010Southern Africa, Haiti and West PapuanrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFine ArtsFine ArtsHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyEnvironmentEnvironmentGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsHealthHealthScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentAmericasAmericasAfricaAfricaAsia PacificAsia PacificEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589422252/Reporter Siri Schubert travels to Brazil to investigate how a clash between the giant Swiss agribusiness Syngenta and Brazil's landless movement left two men dead and exposed a long and violent battle for land reform in South America's richest country.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589422252/09/14/2010Fighting for a share of the land.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentAmericasAmericasGlobal Trade and EconomicsGlobal Trade and EconomicsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589184081/Reporter Jason Margolis travels to the fields and farm communities of California's San Joaquin Valley to see how the economic downturn and a three-year drought are stirring the immigration debate.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589184081/09/14/2010Jason Margolis investigates the immigration debate in California.nrAmericasAmericasGlobal Trade and EconomicsGlobal Trade and EconomicsHuman RightsHuman RightsEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588990534/While headlines about Iran barely get beyond religious extremism and nuclear bombs, this FRONTLINE/World story reveals that the staunchly conservative theocracy has married science and religion to become a world-class hub for embryonic stem cell research.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588990534/09/14/2010Science and religion's unlikely union.nrPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionHealthHealthMiddle EastMiddle EastScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1134827451/In this special edition, three stories from a country battling for its own survival.http://video.pbs.org/video/1134827451/09/14/2010In this special edition, three stories from a country battling for its own survival.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1134781691/Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy takes a dangerous journey through Pakistan to investigate the recruitment methods of a militant branch of the Taliban; Correspondent Douglas Rushkoff travels to South Korea to see how the country's digital revolution is changing the place and its people.http://video.pbs.org/video/1134781691/09/14/2010Taliban recruitment in Pakistan; South Korea's digital revolution.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologySocial IssuesSocial IssuesTechnologyTechnologyCommunications & MediaCommunications & MediaConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologySouth AsiaSouth AsiaAsia PacificAsia PacificEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588990525/David Montero is no stranger to Bangladesh -- he lived and reported there between 2004 and 2005. But he had only been back in the country for a few hours when a full-scale mutiny by a branch of the Army brought the already chaotic capital of Dhaka to the verge of civil war.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588990525/09/14/2010Corruption and many questions shroud military insurrection.nrPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1092337735/The inside story of a group of shop owners and young activists who stood up to the powerful Sicilian mafia. Carola Mamberto explores the story of a restaurant owner - backed by an upstart anti-mafia movement of young people and an elite law enforcement team - who refused to pay the mafia's monthly "tax," taking a stand against mob bosses who've kept Italy in their grip for decades.http://video.pbs.org/video/1092337735/09/14/2010A restaurant owner - backed an anti-mafia movement - refuses to pay the mafia's "tax."nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyGovernmentGovernmentPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEuropeEuropeEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588990543/Filmmaker Beate Arnestad moved to Sri Lanka in 2002 and saw that an entire generation was growing up surrounded by violence. Her resulting film My Daughter the Terrorist, recut and excerpted here, goes inside the special Tamil Tigers' suicide division and is believed to be the first time any suicide bomber has spoken on film about their training and motivations.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588990543/09/14/2010Inside the life of a female suicide bomber.nrPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589324101/On the one-year anniversary of Burma's September uprising, when hundreds of thousands of monks protested for change, the country's military junta continues to wage war against its own people and the crisis there has slipped back into obscurity. Our correspondent inside Burma reports on what comes next for the pro-democracy movement there.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589324101/09/14/2010After the uprising, what comes next?nrPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1092332047/As the world spotlight hits China this summer, reporter Evan Osnos goes inside one of the country's most important, but least understood movements - China's underground churches.http://video.pbs.org/video/1092332047/09/14/2010A wave of Christianity and what the government is doing to control it.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPoliticsPoliticsPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionAsia PacificAsia PacificEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1092331033/In a joint project with The New York Times, correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the business of human smuggling across the busy ports of entry between Mexico and the United States.http://video.pbs.org/video/1092331033/09/14/2010In Tijuana, masses try to cross illegally every day with the help of organized smugglers.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentSocial IssuesSocial IssuesAmericasAmericasGlobal Trade and EconomicsGlobal Trade and EconomicsHuman RightsHuman RightsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1071080977/FRONTLINE/WORLD correspondent David Montero ventures into the mountainous Swat Valley where the Pakistani army is fighting Taliban insurgents. It is a place off-limits to most Western journalists, but Montero manages to uncover the story of a mysterious and ruthless Pakistani Taliban leader and meets the moderate local politician who tried to stop him. This report received a 2009 Emmy...http://video.pbs.org/video/1071080977/09/14/20102009 Emmy Nominee: Venture into the Swat Valley where the Pakistani army is fighting...nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyEducationEducationEnvironmentEnvironmentGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentHealthHealthMediaMediaNational SecurityNational SecurityOpinionOpinionReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologySocial IssuesSocial IssuesSportsSportsPoliticsPoliticsWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceMiddle EastMiddle EastEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589412085/Elena Ghanotakis reports from Cape Town, South Africa, home to extreme disparities between rich and poor and the highest levels of sexual violence in the world.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589412085/09/14/2010A day in the life of a rape crisis center.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHuman RightsHuman RightsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceAfricaAfricaHealthHealthEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1069968544/FRONTLINE's international news magazine returns with an investigation into the CIA's controversial practice of kidnapping terror suspects for interrogation.http://video.pbs.org/video/1069968544/09/14/2010An investigation into the CIA's practice of kidnapping terror suspects for interrogation.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentNational SecurityNational SecurityHuman RightsHuman RightsMiddle EastMiddle EastEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589310055/Cataracts are the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. In Tibet, where many people live at 15,000 feet, the disease is epidemic. After meeting with the Dalai Lama and struggling with his own religious identity, American Dr. Marc Lieberman, set out to help. "Eye Camp" follows his mission to restore vision at the top of the world.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589310055/09/14/2010Restoring vision at the top of the world.nrHuman RightsHuman RightsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionHealthHealthSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589310066/Known as the Las Vegas of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is a boomtown where men outnumber women three to one. Prostitution is illegal but rampant. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova goes undercover to investigate.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589310066/09/14/2010The oldest profession in the newest playground.nrHuman RightsHuman RightsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionHealthHealthMiddle EastMiddle EastEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589310075/Amina Masood Janjua was an ordinary Pakistani housewife, proud of her country and loyal to its military. But all that changed in July 2005, when her husband never came home. David Montero reports on how her campaign to find her husband sparked national protests challenging Pakistan's feared intelligence agency, the ISI, and led to events that would severely test Musharraf's power.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589310075/09/14/2010One woman's search rouses a nation.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589412095/With Iraq mired in a chaotic civil war, those who can get out are doing so. According to the latest United Nations figures, 50,000 Iraqis a month are now leaving their country. Those who remain try to survive any way they can, like the resourceful Kurdish smugglers in this week's Rough Cut.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589412095/09/14/2010Kurds deliver contraband liquor to Iran.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal Trade and EconomicsGlobal Trade and EconomicsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589453752/Trying to become a baseball star in a small, poor country in West Africa, where soccer is the sport of choice, is a tall order. But as reporter Zachary Stauffer discovers in this week's Rough Cut, Ghana has some true believers in America's game.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589453752/09/14/2010Africans embrace America's game.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & CultureArts & CultureAfricaAfricaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589453761/"You must learn how to say no", booms Ugandan evangelical minister Martin Ssempa. "Say I do not want to have sex. I have chosen not to have sex". So begins this Rough Cut, which looks at the controversy over U.S. funding for AIDS relief in Africa.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589453761/09/14/2010AIDS and the abstinence debate.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionAfricaAfricaHealthHealthEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589310085/Frustrated by his country's lack of healthcare for the poor, especially those in rural areas, Dr. Edgar Rodas started an organization of volunteer Ecuadorian doctors who trek high into the Andes and deep into the Amazon, performing surgeries on a hospital truck and boat. Watch these dedicated doctors in action in our latest video about individuals trying to make a difference in the world.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589310085/09/14/2010On rough roads and remote rivers.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsAmericasAmericasHuman RightsHuman RightsArts & CultureArts & CultureHealthHealthEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1569884418/While trekking in Nepal in 1998, American John Wood saw that many children couldn't afford to go to school and that schools in the poorest rural areas had a chronic shortage of books. It was a transformational experience for Wood that spurred him to start a literacy program called Room to Read.http://video.pbs.org/video/1569884418/09/14/2010A literacy program called Room to Read is helping children create a better life.nrHuman RightsHuman RightsArts & CultureArts & CultureEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589453769/Reporter Joshua Fisher takes a cinematic journey to China where he meets with the country's new wave of independent filmmakers. Known as the "Sixth Generation," the group flouts censorship to tell gritty contemporary stories about the country's rapid modernization and the millions of migrants living at its margins.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589453769/09/14/2010Filmmakers reveal society's dark side.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & CultureArts & CultureSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589505982/Sakhalin Island is what international oilmen might call a "hardship post." It is on the very edge of the Russian Far East The narrow, 600-mile-long island is populated by only half a million people, and its seasons are severe even by Russian standards. But underneath the surface of the island and the surrounding seas is enough oil and gas to power the United States for as much as a decade.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589505982/09/14/2010A rough, new energy frontier.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal Trade and EconomicsGlobal Trade and EconomicsEuropeEuropeEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1593654827/In 2006, when my wife and I traveled to India to live and work, the one issue that kept grabbing our attention was northern India's deep cultural preference for sons over daughters. The desire for sons can be so great, that some families, after having a girl or two, will abort female fetuses until they bear a son. The practice is called female feticide or sex selection.http://video.pbs.org/video/1593654827/09/20/2010A society out of balance.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsHuman RightsHuman RightsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589516741/Election season in France this year has provided high drama. As the French head to the polls, they are not simply choosing their next president but choosing an identity. The country is facing deep schisms over economic and social policy, and each candidate represents a very different future for the Gallic nation of 61 million people.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589516741/09/14/2010Au revoir job security.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentGlobal Trade and EconomicsGlobal Trade and EconomicsEuropeEuropeEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1598165636/Elvira Arellano is an illegal Mexican immigrant living in Chicago with a deportation order -- and a 7-year-old American-born son. As a first-generation Polish immigrant who lived in Chicago for nearly 25 years, reporter Marian Marzynski brings a unique perspective to the story of migration to the United States, interweaving Arelleno's story with Chicago's history as an immigrant city.http://video.pbs.org/video/1598165636/09/24/2010Legal son of an illegal mother.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1593693557/Cuba has a long and rich heritage in the arts, but during the last two decades, the visual arts have become a cultural phenomenon. In this week's Rough Cut, filmmaker Natasha Del Toro travels to Cuba to meet two of its most acclaimed artists and find out why art is at the center of Cuban society.http://video.pbs.org/video/1593693557/09/20/2010Challenging Fidel's socialist system.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsAmericasAmericasArts & CultureArts & CultureEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1593671099/Libya is not the first place that springs to mind as a hot-ticket destination. Who better to explore the mysteries of present-day Libya than our roving world-music reporter Marco Werman? And what better way to get inside the country than to tag along with the 10,000 astronomy enthusiasts who descended on Libya earlier this year to watch the solar eclipse?http://video.pbs.org/video/1593671099/09/20/2010A solar eclipse in a country seeking acceptance.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentArts & CultureArts & CultureScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1589518703/Samantha Grant heads to Chennai in southern India to explore the illicit kidney trade. Traveling between India's high-tech center of Bangalore and the slums to the south, Grant spoke to government officials, doctors, kidney brokers and donors to try to find out why so many people are still getting paid to give up their kidneys even though a law was passed 12 years ago to regulate the practice.http://video.pbs.org/video/1589518703/09/14/2010Selling kidneys to survive.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHuman RightsHuman RightsHealthHealthSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1593646071/In this Rough Cut, producer Camille Servan-Schreiber and reporter Marco Werman go to Paris to talk to a multitude of rappers -- some successful, some rapping in their living rooms -- to find out what lay at the heart of last year's riots and how this anger has been expressed in today's rap rebellion.http://video.pbs.org/video/1593646071/09/20/2010A rap of protest from the ghetto.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceArts & CultureArts & CultureEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionEuropeEuropeEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588823697/Who hasn't dreamed of one day living on a far-off island in the South Pacific? But there is trouble in paradise, especially if you live on an island nation as narrow and flat as Tuvalu, where the average elevation is a mere six feet above sea level. When you live that close to the water's edge you pay very close attention to the ocean, especially if it begins to rise.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588823697/09/14/2010Global warming, rising seas.nrArts & CultureArts & CultureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588805540/Angel Rodriguez, aka "El Doctor," is a former accountant turned full-time surfer and coach of Puerto Rico's surf team. He's also a tenacious defender of his marine environment.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588805540/09/14/2010Eco-warriors in Puerto Rico.nrAmericasAmericasArts & CultureArts & CultureHealthHealthEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588795572/Namibia is a vast, arid, largely empty country on the southwest coast of Africa. The long shoreline -- where the chilly Atlantic meets the Namib Desert -- is so forbidding that sailors named it the "skeleton coast." In this Frontline/World rough cut, Sarah Colt explores the issue of who should own Namibia's farms and cattle ranches.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588795572/09/14/2010Who should own Namibia's farms?nrPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentHuman RightsHuman RightsEthnic & ReligionEthnic & ReligionAfricaAfricaEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1588783369/Karzan Sherabayani is a Kurdish exile living in Britain. Twenty-five years ago, Sherabayani escaped from Iraq, where he had been imprisoned and tortured by Saddam Hussein's secret police. In January 2005, he returned to Kirkuk, to vote in the first national elections since the overthrow of Saddam's regime. Swiss producer Claudio von Planta went with him to film the story for the BBC.http://video.pbs.org/video/1588783369/09/14/2010A Kurdish exile's journey home.nrConflict & ViolenceConflict & ViolenceMiddle EastMiddle EastMedia & Press FreedomsMedia & Press FreedomsEpisode