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Season 20
S20E11 24 janvier 2002 57 min

Dot Con

Frontline - Season 20

In "Dot Con," award-winning FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith takes an inside look at the precipitous rise and fall of the Internet economy -- and examines the allegations that brokers at some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms manipulated the hot IPO market of the late 1990s. Wall Street, of course, would prefer to forget the past. But investors and investigators want to know: During the headiest days of the Internet bubble, did investment banks and venture capitalists betray the public's trust? Did "irrational exuberance" give way to fraud?

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Hunting Bin Laden
E1 13 septembre 2001

Hunting Bin Laden

For years this one man has taunted, threatened and frustrated the United States. But who is he? The U.S. government has tried to link him to nearly every act of Islamic terrorism against Americans in the 90s: from the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, to the bombings of U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia, to the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa. [This is a post-9/11 update of an episode that originally aired on 4/13/1999.]

E2 4 octobre 2001

Target America

Looking for Answers
E3 9 octobre 2001

Looking for Answers

Sunday night, as U.S. bombers and cruise missiles attack targets in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden released a videotape calling on Muslims worldwide to join his war on America. Next to bin Laden was his close association, an Egyptian named Ayman al-Zawahiri, a man who is certainly as important to the terror network as bin Laden himself. Tonight on FRONTLINE, the full story of these two men, the story of how the seeds of their hatred for America were sown not in Afghanistan but in two of the U.S.'s greatest allies in the Islamic world, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and the story of how they joined forces to pursue a common enemy.

E4 18 octobre 2001

Dangerous Straits

E5 25 octobre 2001

Trail of a Terrorist

E6 8 novembre 2001

Gunning for Saddam

E7 15 novembre 2001

Saudi Time Bomb?

E8 22 novembre 2001

The Monster That Ate Hollywood

E9 10 janvier 2002

An Ordinary Crime

E10 17 janvier 2002

Inside the Terror Network

E11 24 janvier 2002 57 min

Dot Con

In "Dot Con," award-winning FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith takes an inside look at the precipitous rise and fall of the Internet economy -- and examines the allegations that brokers at some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms manipulated the hot IPO market of the late 1990s. Wall Street, of course, would prefer to forget the past. But investors and investigators want to know: During the headiest days of the Internet bubble, did investment banks and venture capitalists betray the public's trust? Did "irrational exuberance" give way to fraud?

E12 31 janvier 2002

Inside the Teenage Brain

American Porn
E13 7 février 2002

American Porn

Porn is one of the largest and fastest growing forms of media in the United States. The industry’s profits have skyrocketed as we become increasingly reliant on technology for our entertainment. Why has this happened, and will the trend continue?

E14 21 février 2002

Roll Over: the Hidden History of the SUV

E15 28 mars 2002

Testing Our Schools

Battle for the Holy Land
E16 4 avril 2002

Battle for the Holy Land

Requiem for Frank Lee Smith
E17 11 avril 2002

Requiem for Frank Lee Smith

Modern Meat
E18 18 avril 2002

Modern Meat

Did Daddy Do It?
E19 25 avril 2002

Did Daddy Do It?

Terror and Tehran
E20 2 mai 2002

Terror and Tehran

Muslims
E21 9 mai 2002 114 min

Muslims

Muslims account for one-fifth of the world's population, but most Americans know little about their faith, Islam, which continues to be one of the fastest growing religions in the United States and around the world. What does it mean to be a Muslim today? Does Islam deserve its reputation as a patriarchal, authoritarian, and anti-Western religion? What is the role of Islam in movements for political and social change? FRONTLINE explores these and other questions in "Muslims," a special two-hour film examining the different faces of Islam's worldwide resurgence and the fundamental tenets of the faith. Reporting from Iran, Nigeria, Egypt, Malaysia, Turkey, and the United States, and drawing on the perspectives of leading scholars of Islam, this program tells the stories of Muslims struggling to define how Islam will shape their lives and societies.

The Siege of Bethlehem
E22 13 juin 2002

The Siege of Bethlehem

Bigger Than Enron
E23 20 juin 2002 57 min

Bigger Than Enron

In "Bigger Than Enron," FRONTLINE correspondent Hedrick Smith shines a spotlight on how the corporate watchdogs -- the bankers, lawyers, regulators, politicians, and above all, the accountants -- failed to prevent Enron and other scandals from happening. Through interviews with current and former SEC officials (including SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt and his predecessor, Arthur Levitt), Arthur Andersen executives (including former Andersen CEO Joseph Berardino), members of Congress (including Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut), investor advocates, and others, the report explores how the system of controls was eroded by conflicts of interest, as well as by congressional intervention that blocked efforts at protecting investors.

Shattered Dreams
E24 27 juin 2002 117 min

Shattered Dreams

How the Israeli-Palestinian peace process begun at Oslo was derailed.

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