FRONTLINE

The Secret History of ISIS

Season 2016 Episode 8 | 54m 47s  | Video has closed captioning.

From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team comes the inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the United States missed the many warning signs. The film uncovers the terror group’s earliest plans, the Islamic radicals who became its leaders, and the American failures to stop ISIS’s brutal rise.

Aired: 05/16/16

Rating: NR

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