reports Biographies

Dreams of Obama
(60 minutes) As Barack Obama prepares to assume the presidency on January 20th, 2009, FRONTLINE tells the story of how a little known state senator rose from ... (more)

The Hugo Chávez Show
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE looks at Venezuela's controversial and outspoken president Hugo Chavez and the revolution he claims is turning his country into an anti-capitalist beacon for Latin America and ... (more)

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
(60 minutes) In the wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, FRONTLINE presents a spirited and revealing biography of Lee Atwater, the charming, Machiavellian godfather ... (more)

Young & Restless In China
(120 minutes) This spring, FRONTLINE explores the generation coming of age in China today. Shot over four years, the film follows a group of nine young Chinese ... (more)

The Dark Side
(90 minutes) On September 11, 2001, deep inside a White House bunker, Vice President Dick Cheney was ordering U.S. fighter planes to shoot down any commercial airliner ... (more)

Country Boys
(360 minutes) On January 9, 10, and 11, David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer's Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of ... (more)

Karl Rove -- The Architect
(60 minutes) President George W. Bush called him "the architect" of his reelection victory and he has been the president's chief strategist from the beginning. But Karl ... (more)

The Choice 2004
(120 minutes) As Americans prepare to choose their next president, FRONTLINE offers viewers a special, two-hour dual biography of the two candidates who hope to lead the ... (more)

Son of Al Qaeda
(60 minutes) Growing up in the 1990s, Abdurahman Khadr's playmates were the children of his father's longtime friend, Osama bin Laden. How Khadr was raised to be ... (more)

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(180 minutes) On November 20, FRONTLINE marks the 40th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination with an encore broadcast of "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?" - an investigative ... (more)

Much Ado About Something
(90 minutes) His name is synonymous with great literature. Author of timeless masterpieces like "Romeo and Juliet," "Othello," and "Hamlet," William Shakespeare is widely considered to be ... (more)

The Man Who Knew
(90 minutes) As an FBI agent who specialized in counter-terrorism, John P. O'Neill investigated the bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the USS Cole ... (more)

An Ordinary Crime
(90 minutes) It was a robbery gone wrong, and when it was over, a woman had been shot in the head. Fingerprint evidence identified one of the ... (more)

The Clinton Years
(120 minutes) He was a masterful campaigner - a skilled politician whose command of the issues and ability to connect with an audience impressed seasoned politicos and ... (more)

The Choice 2000
(120 minutes) As Americans prepare for the first presidential election of the 21st century, FRONTLINE opens its nineteenth season with a dual biography of the two men ... (more)

Return of the Czar
(60 minutes) Almost a decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is arguably more free than at any time in its history. But while ... (more)

Jefferson's Blood
(90 minutes) For years there existed a rumor that Thomas Jefferson had a long-standing relationship and several children by Sally Hemings, a woman who was his slave. ... (more)

The Survival of Saddam
(60 minutes) When the Gulf War ended, the United States government believed the Iraqis would quickly overthrow Saddam Hussein. But nine years later, he still rules ... (more)

John Paul II: The Millennial Pope
(150 minutes) FRONTLINE presents a comprehensive biography on the world leader who has emerged as a man at war with the twentieth century itself. In the ... (more)

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
(120 minutes) FRONTLINE profiles the most widely known and revered political leader in the world--Nelson Mandela. Credited with the reversal of apartheid in a South Africa ... (more)