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FRONTLINE investigates China’s rule over Tibet, including how the Communist regime controls Tibet’s Buddhist population, and the battle over the succession of its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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It’s been 75 years since China invaded Tibet, the mountain territory it has long claimed as its own.
China heavily restricts the international media’s access to the region. It insists that human rights are at their “historical best,” and that Tibetans’ religious freedoms are being protected, but the footage and first-person accounts from exiled Tibetan interviewees in FRONTLINE’s “Battle for Tibet” paint a different picture.
The documentary investigates the Chinese Communist Party’s rule over the tightly-controlled territory and the struggle over the survival of Tibetan language, culture and religion.
The film examines China’s branding of the Dalai Lama as an anti-China separatist, despite his repeated statements that he is no longer seeking Tibetan independence and would accept self-rule within China — and explores China’s pursuit of a campaign to choose his successor.
China insists that life in Tibet is “significantly better” for the people there because of its rule, which it says must continue.
“Battle for Tibet” is a Hardcash production with GBH/FRONTLINE and ITV. The director and producer is Gesbeen Mohammad. The senior producers are Dan Edge and Eamonn Matthews. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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Tibetan children as young as four are taught in Mandarin in boarding schools. In this video, drawn from the FRONTLINE documentary “Battle for Tibet,” a Tibetan sociologist says the schools replace Tibetan children’s mindset with a “Chinese mindset.”
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“Battle for Tibet” is a Hardcash production with GBH/FRONTLINE and ITV. The director and producer is Gesbeen Mohammad. The senior producers are Dan Edge and Eamonn Matthews. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.
Watch an updated version of FRONTLINE and Armando.info’s 2024 documentary on a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S., and what has happened to the journalists who helped uncover the story.
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As governments across the globe crack down on press freedom and journalists face increased intimidation, this updated version of “A Dangerous Assignment” brings the story up to the present — including the July 28, 2024, Venezuelan election and its aftermath.
“A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela” is an Assignment Film production for GBH/FRONTLINE in association with Armando.info. The director is Juan Ravell. The producer is Jeff Arak. The reporter is Roberto Deniz. The executive producer for Armando.info is Ewald Scharfenberg. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen, and the Charina Endowment Fund.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Prologue
01:05 – Journalists Investigate Complaints About Powdered Milk in Venezuela’s CLAP Food Program
14:02 – Who is Alex Saab?
31:44 – ‘Operación Alacrán’ / ‘Operation Scorpion’ and Its Impact on Venezuela’s Political Opposition
38:00 – How the U.S. Government Tracked Down Alex Saab
41:22 – A Campaign to Free Alex Saab Takes Hold in Venezuela and Other Countries
53:44 – Alex Saab Extradited to the U.S.
59:37 – Court Documents Reveal Alex Saab’s Cooperation With the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
01:09:42 – Alex Saab is Freed as Part of a Prisoner Swap Deal Between the U.S. and Venezuela
01:15:45 – The Venezuelan Election & Its Aftermath
01:22:00 – Credits
As the Venezuelan election in July 2024 approached, momentum was on the side of the opposition’s bid to oust President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box. Explore what happened next in this video drawn from an updated version of the 2024 documentary "A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela."
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Watch an updated version of "A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela" starting Feb. 4, 2025.
Learn more: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/a-dangerous-assignment-uncovering-corruption-maduro-venezuela/
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"A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela” is an Assignment Film production for GBH/FRONTLINE in association with Armando.info. The director is Juan Ravell. The producer is Jeff Arak. The reporter is Roberto Deniz. The executive producer for Armando.info is Ewald Scharfenberg. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler through the Jon L. Hagler Foundation and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen, and Corey David Sauer. Additional support for this program from Free Press Unlimited.
Hogan Gidley served as principal deputy White House press secretary in the first Trump administration and in 2020 became press secretary for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. He now serves as the vice chair for the Center for Election Integrity at the America First Policy Institute and as a consultant to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Michael Kirk for FRONTLINE on November 20, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/hogan-gidley/
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and airs nationwide on PBS.
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Lisa Lerer is a national political correspondent for The New York Times, which she joined in 2018. Lerer previously wrote about politics for the Associated Press and is the co-author of The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on November 18, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/lisa-lerer/
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and airs nationwide on PBS.
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Marc Fisher is an associate editor and columnist at “The Washington Post” and the co-author of “Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President”.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Michael Kirk for FRONTLINE on November 20, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/marc-fisher-3/
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Timothy O’Brien is a senior executive editor at Bloomberg Opinion. He was previously a reporter and editor at The New York Times and is the author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald. Donald Trump filed a $5 billion defamation lawsuit after the publication of O’Brien’s book. The suit was later dismissed.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on November 18, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/timothy-obrien-2/
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from the Charina Endowment Fund and from Koo and Patricia Yuen. Support for "Trump’s Comeback" is provided by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Megyn Kelly is a journalist and political commentator who worked at Fox News from 2004 to 2017. She has moderated five presidential debates. Kelly is currently the host of the podcast The Megyn Kelly Show.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on December 4, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/megyn-kelly-2/
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and airs nationwide on PBS.
FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from the Charina Endowment Fund and from Koo and Patricia Yuen. Support for "Trump’s Comeback" is provided by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times. He previously spent 20 years reporting for The Washington Post. Baker is the co-author, with Susan Glasser, of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017–2021.
The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Michael Kirk for FRONTLINE on November 20, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.
This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/peter-baker-10/
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FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and airs nationwide on PBS.
FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from the Charina Endowment Fund and from Koo and Patricia Yuen. Support for "Trump’s Comeback" is provided by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
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