Escaping ISIS
July 14, 2015
// 54:11
Escaping ISIS
July 14, 2015
// 54:11
Season 2015: Episode 12
Using undercover footage, FRONTLINE presents the gripping, first-hand accounts of women who escaped the brutal reign of ISIS — and follows an underground network that’s helping them escape.
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