PART I
WRITTEN BY
Linda Hirsch & Martin Smith & David Fanning
PRODUCED BY
David Fanning, Linda Hirsch, Martin Smith
CORRESPONDENT
Martin Smith
CO-PRODUCER & EDITOR
Brian Funck
FIELD PRODUCER
Sara Obeidat
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Scott Anger
LINE PRODUCER
Christine Canedo
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Brandon Holmes
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Francois-Paul Aiche
Peter Rundquist
Simon Russell
SOUND
Scott Anger
RESEARCHERS
Leen Karadsheh
Mirella Brussani
SECOND ASSISTANT EDITORS
Charnelle Quallis
Aaron Brummer
FIXERS
Iran: Hadi Poursadeghian
AbolGhasem Sassan
Iraq: Aws Al Tamimi
Saif Alazawi
Pakistan: Khalid Waseem
Lebanon: Leena Saidi
Saudi Arabia: Yahya Al Assiri
Faisal Al Ossaimi
CAMERA
Pakistan: Mobeen Azhar
FOR BBC ARABIC, LEBANON:
Eli Melki, Producer
Abbas Srour, Assistant Producer
CONSULTING PRODUCER
Antony Thomas
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
GRAPHICS
Will Rahilly
Kenzie Audette
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
Amy Carter
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Lina Najem
INTERNS
Riham Al Kousa
Somayeh Malekian
Imran Khan
TRANSLATORS
Denise Ajiri
Isra Abdul Hadi
Zeina A
Niku Jafarnia
SPECIAL THANKS
Marc Perkins
Catalina Gomez
Nahid Siamdoust
Robin Wright
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
ABC News VideoSource
AFP
Ahlulbayt Television Network
Al Arabiya
Al Furat TV
Al Hakim Institute- Najaf
Al Iraqiya
Al Nahar
Alain Keler
Alamy
Andrew Berends, Storyteller Productions
AP Archive
Archive.org
CNN
Classic Images
Essam Deraz
Footage Farm
Freemantlemedia Limited
Getty Images
Getty Images/BBC Motion Gallery
GRNlive
Gwen Sommers Redwine Archives
Hamza al Hassan
Hopscotch Films
Ina
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
Journeyman Pictures
Maya Vision International
Maziar Bahari
Media Insight
Meher News Agency
Nader Talebzadeh
National Archives and Records Administration
NBC Universal Archives
Penance Film & TV
Photo 12
PressTV
Revayat-e Fath
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
RUPTLY
Screenocean/Reuters
Siqarah Academy
The New York Times
WAZEE DIGITAL/CBS NEWS
White House Archives
Zibawi Productions
Original funding for this program was provided by Public Television stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Park Foundation, John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler, Henry Luce Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts.
FOR FRONTLINE
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Megan McGough Christian
SENIOR PROMOTION
PRODUCER
Missy Frederick
ON-AIR PROMOTION EDITOR
Barry Clegg
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Deb Holland
POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Kenzie Audette
Brenna Verre
FOR WGBH OUTPOST
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION
Chris Fournelle
SENIOR DIRECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Mangini
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY & AUDIENCE
Pamela Johnston
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Patrice Taddonio
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
Katherine Griwert
DATA ANALYST
Ben Abrams
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Anne Husted
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Julia Rod
SERIES PRODUCER, AUDIO
Sophie McKibben
SERIES ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Amy Gaines
ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
John Campopiano
EDITORIAL RESEARCH MANAGER
Lisa Palone
LEGAL
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
Gianna DeGiulio
BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Tufts
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Mary Sullivan
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS
Tobee Phipps
DEVELOPER
Ly Chheng
SENIOR DIGITAL DESIGNER
Dan Nolan
INTERACTIVE EDITOR
Chris Amico
FRONTLINE/COLUMBIA
JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS
ABRAMS JOURNALISM FELLOWS
Nicole Einbinder
Anjali Tsui
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Leila Miller
DIGITAL REPORTERS
Priyanka Boghani
Katie Worth
DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR
Miles Alvord
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Jason Kashdan
SENIOR DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Michelle Mizner
SENIOR REPORTER
Sarah Childress
DIGITAL EDITOR
Jason Breslow
SERIES STORY EDITOR
Lauren Ezell Kinlaw
POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL VIDEO
Carla Borras
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Dale Cohen
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
Louis Wiley Jr.
MANAGING EDITOR
Andrew Metz
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jim Bracciale
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT LARGE
David Fanning
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Raney Aronson-Rath
A FRONTLINE Production with Rain Media, Inc. in association with BBC Arabic
© 2018
WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved
FRONTLINE is a production of WGBH/Boston, which is solely responsible for its content.
PART II
WRITTEN BY
Linda Hirsch & Martin Smith & David Fanning
PRODUCED BY
David Fanning, Linda Hirsch, Martin Smith
CO-PRODUCED BY
Brian Funck
CORRESPONDENT
Martin Smith
EDITED BY
Brian Funck
Chad Ervin
FIELD PRODUCER
Sara Obeidat
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Scott Anger
LINE PRODUCER
Christine Canedo
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Brandon Holmes
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Francois-Paul Aiche
ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL MUSIC
Peter Rundquist
Simon Russell
SOUND
Scott Anger
RESEARCHERS
Leen Karadsheh
Mirella Brussani
SECOND ASSISTANT EDITOR
Charnelle Quallis
FIXERS
Iran:
Hadi Poursadeghian
AbolGhasem Sassan
Iraq:
Aws Al Tamimi
Saif Alazawi
Yemen:
Yousra Is’haq
Syria:
Nemat Shhadeh
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
ADDITIONAL NARRATION
Will Lyman
GRAPHICS
Will Rahilly
ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS
Kenzie Audette
Barry Clegg
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
Amy Carter
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Lina Najem
TRANSLATORS
Denise Ajiri
Zeina A
SPECIAL THANKS
Antony Thomas
Marc Perkins
Catalina Gomez
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Al Arabiya
Ali Hashim Moon
Aleppo Media Center
AP Archive
Avaaz
CNN
Getty Images
Jordan State TV
KAYANI
Screenocean/Reuters
Riyadiya TV
Ruptly TV
Shaam News Network S.N.N.
Shiva Rasaneh
Getty/ Sky News Arabia
Original funding for this program was provided by Public Television stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Park Foundation, John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler, Henry Luce Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts.
FOR FRONTLINE
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Megan McGough Christian
SENIOR PROMOTION
PRODUCER
Missy Frederick
ON-AIR PROMOTION EDITOR
Barry Clegg
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Deb Holland
Joey Mullin
POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Kenzie Audette
Brenna Verre
FOR WGBH OUTPOST
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION
Chris Fournelle
SENIOR DIRECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Mangini
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY & AUDIENCE
Pamela Johnston
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Patrice Taddonio
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
Katherine Griwert
DATA ANALYST
Ben Abrams
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Anne Husted
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Julia Rod
SERIES PRODUCER, AUDIO
Sophie McKibben
SERIES ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Amy Gaines
ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
John Campopiano
EDITORIAL RESEARCH MANAGER
Lisa Palone
LEGAL
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
Gianna DeGiulio
BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Tufts
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS
Tobee Phipps
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Mary Sullivan
DEVELOPER
Ly Chheng
SENIOR DIGITAL DESIGNER
Dan Nolan
INTERACTIVE EDITOR
Chris Amico
FRONTLINE/COLUMBIA
JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS
ABRAMS JOURNALISM FELLOWS
Nicole Einbinder
Anjali Tsui
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Leila Miller
DIGITAL REPORTERS
Priyanka Boghani
Katie Worth
DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR
Miles Alvord
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Jason Kashdan
SENIOR DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Michelle Mizner
SENIOR REPORTER
Sarah Childress
DIGITAL EDITOR
Jason Breslow
SERIES STORY EDITOR
Lauren Ezell Kinlaw
POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL VIDEO
Carla Borras
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Dale Cohen
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
Louis Wiley Jr.
MANAGING EDITOR
Andrew Metz
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jim Bracciale
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT LARGE
David Fanning
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Raney Aronson-Rath
A FRONTLINE Production with Rain Media, Inc. in association with BBC Arabic
© 2018
WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved
FRONTLINE is a production of WGBH/Boston, which is solely responsible for its content.