Programs by Year: 2005

Nov. 22, 2005

The Storm

(60 minutes) Examining the failures at every level of government in the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Could it happen again? (Web site »)

Nov. 8, 2005

The Last Abortion Clinic

(60 minutes) State by state, laws regulating access to abortion are changing the face of abortion politics in America. (Web site »)

Oct. 18, 2005

The Torture Question

(90 minutes) How the post-9/11 "get-tough" policy of the U.S. government worked its way down to the cell blocks of Abu Ghraib. (Web site »)

Oct. 4, 2005

The O.J. Verdict

(60 minutes) Examining the startling truths and lasting impact of the O.J. Simpson trial -- and what it told us about America. (Web site »)

Jun. 21, 2005

Private Warriors

(60 minutes) The dramatic story of private contractors who are playing an increasingly critical role in the war effort. (Web site »)

May. 31, 2005

A Jew Among the Germans

(60 minutes) A Holocaust survivor's moving and provocative search for a Germany that he, and his children, can live with. (Web site »)

May. 10, 2005

The New Asylums

(60 minutes) A report on the new reality for the mentally ill: Nearly 500,000 are serving time in U.S. jails and prisons. (Web site »)

Apr. 19, 2005

Death of a Princess

(120 minutes) Twenty-five years after the initial broadcast of perhaps the most controversial program in the history of public television FRONTLINE re-issues "Death of a Princess." The 1980 docudrama recounting the public execution of a young Saudi Arabian princess and her lover for adultery triggered vehement protests from the Saudi government and an international uproar when it was first broadcast in the U.S. and Britain. The film which re-creates journalist Antony Thomas's journey through the Arab world to investigate the executions is a portrait of the constricted lives of Arab women and a Rashomon-like exploration of the elusiveness of journalistic truth. This special presentation will feature new interviews with the filmmakers an inside view of the controversies surrounding the film and an analysis of how the lives of Arab women have and have not changed. (Web site »)

Apr. 12, 2005

Karl Rove -- The Architect

(60 minutes) America's preeminent political strategist and his 30-year long vision of building a durable Republican majority. (Web site »)

Apr. 5, 2005

Israel's Next War?

(60 minutes) Inside the world of militant Jewish radicals and their threat to the fragile peace process -- and to Israel itself. (Web site »)

Mar. 1, 2005

The Soldier's Heart

(60 minutes) Coming home from war, each brings his own stories of survival and battle. For many, their battle is still not over. (Web site »)

Feb. 22, 2005

A Company of Soldiers

(90 minutes) Beyond the daily headlines, the real and raw experience of American soldiers serving in Iraq. (Web site »)

Feb. 8, 2005

House of Saud

(120 minutes) The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom little is known about Saudi Arabia's secretive royal family. In "House of Saud" FRONTLINE explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Through interviews with members of the royal family government officials and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the U.S. the two-hour documentary also traces America's relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through September 11 and beyond to the present day. (Web site »)

Jan. 25, 2005

Al Qaeda's New Front

(60 minutes) With Europe now targeted, what are the new realities in the battle against Islamic terrorism? (Web site »)