FRONTLINE presented gripping, first-hand accounts of women who escaped the brutal reign of ISIS — and followed an underground network that helped them escape. (Aired 2015)
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In August 2014, ISIS massacred hundreds of men who were part of the Yazidi religious minority and took an estimated 3,000 Yazidi women and children captive. “Escaping ISIS” delivered a stunning look at the plight of those women and children, and the efforts of people trying to help them escape.
As the documentary reported, before ISIS overran his town in Northern Iraq, Khalil al-Dakhi was a lawyer. When ISIS seized territory in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate, al-Dakhi formed an underground railroad to help rescue those women and children held by ISIS.
Aeida, a 21-year-old Yazidi woman who was abducted by ISIS along with her two young children, talked about being held in a home that ISIS had turned into a prison for captured women. “Some nights I can’t sleep until the early morning hours because of the nightmares,” she said.
The documentary followed al-Dakhi and his team as they undertook the dangerous work of getting women like Aeida out of ISIS’ territory. It also followed the efforts of a cell smuggling secretly-shot footage of ISIS’ treatment of women out of ISIS-held territory.
Explore additional reporting related to "Escaping ISIS" on our website:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/escaping-isis/
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Prologue
00:42 - An Underground Railroad to Rescue Yazidi Women and Children from ISIS
12:45 - A Yazidi Woman Describes ISIS Captivity
19:17 - Activists Secretly Film Life Under ISIS
30:59 - A Yazidi Family Escapes from ISIS & Other Survivors’ Stories
46:59 - A Message from Yazidis to ISIS: ‘We’re Staying’
51:49 - Credits
,1,The complex, contentious U.S.-China relationship is a high-profile issue President-elect Donald Trump will face in his second term. FRONTLINE’s timely investigation traces China’s emergence as one of the world’s wealthiest and most repressive countries, and the role of its longtime president, Xi Jinping.
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Offering a comprehensive look at Xi’s vision for China and the broader implications — from his crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang to his provocative ambitions for Taiwan — “China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping” also probes the state of China’s economy and its trade war with the U.S., the hostile China-U.S. relationship, the ramifications and what may come next.
With China largely shutting out the international media, the two-hour documentary draws on interviews with former Chinese Communist Party members, exiled human rights and democracy activists, academics, authors and journalists to trace the events that shaped President Xi. It examines the trajectory of his life, from being sent to the countryside to perform hard labor during the Maoist revolution, to his embrace of the Chinese Communist Party and his rise through its leadership, to how he has tightened his grip throughout his presidency.
“China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping” is a FRONTLINE production with RAIN Media, Inc. The producers are Martin Smith, Marcela Gaviria and Brian Funck. The correspondent is Martin Smith. The co-producers are Scott Anger and Elizabeth Hope Williams. The writers and directors are Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Prologue
07:02 - How Did Xi Jinping’s Past Shape Him?
17:18 - Living in Communist Leader Mao Zedong’s China
21:25 - Xi’s Entry Into Local Politics in the 1980s
26:08 - The 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and Crackdown
34:08 - Xi’s Rise to the Top of China’s Political Leadership
44:56 - Document Number Nine, the Chinese Government’s Internal Memo
53:19 - How China Treats Uyghur Communities in Xinjiang
1:04:51 - The U.S.-China Trade War During President Trump’s First Term
1:13:18 - How China Seeks to Gain Control of the South China Sea
1:19:14 - China and Hong Kong’s Relationship During Xi’s Tenure
1:27:31 - China and Taiwan’s Relationship During Xi’s Tenure
1:45:39 - Looking Ahead to China’s Future Under Xi
1:53:24 - Credits
,1,Returning to voters filmed in 2020, this 90-minute documentary explores how their hopes and fears have changed amid another polarizing election season.
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“American Voices 2024” begins in 2020, following ordinary Americans with different viewpoints as they dealt with COVID-19 in their communities that spring, responded to George Floyd’s murder that summer, and then participated in the election and its aftermath that fall. Then, the documentary revisits those same Americans from a mix of urban, rural and suburban areas as they reflect on the past four tumultuous years, navigate health and economic challenges, and share their perspectives on politics today.
Filmed everywhere from Texas to California; from Virginia to Minnesota; and from Iowa to Oregon, “American Voices 2024” is a journey across geography, race and politics that sheds light on where our country has been — and where it is headed.
“American Voices 2024” is a FRONTLINE production with Five O’Clock Films in association with DEC8 Productions and Mike Shum Productions. The producers are Qinling Li and Arthur Nazaryan. The writers are Qinling Li and Mike Shum. The director is Mike Shum. The senior producers are Callie T. Wiser and Frank Koughan. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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#Documentary #Election2024 #Politics #UnitedStates #Economy #Health
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Prologue
03:00 - How Some Americans Responded to the COVID-19 Lockdown in 2020
14:28 - A Woman Who Contracted COVID and a Doctor Recall the Virus’ Challenges
19:33 - How Americans Viewed the Protests That Followed George Floyd’s Murder
39:58 - How Some American Voters Felt About the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
53:31 - What Some Voters Think About America in 2024
1:08:52 - Ordinary Americans React to the 2024 Presidential Debate Between Harris and Trump
1:12:47 - U.S. Voters Share Their Hopes and Fears About the Future
1:22:17 - Credits
,1,The 2009 FRONTLINE documentary “Black Money” examined bribery allegations against international companies and explored how prosecutors around the world cracked down on the practice. (Aired 2009)
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As pressure for profits increased on corporations during the global financial downturn of the late 2000s, the U.S. Department of Justice pursued an aggressive crackdown on an international business tactic: bribery. The 2009 documentary “Black Money” examined this shadowy side of international business. The film shed light on how some multinational companies routinely made secret payments — often referred to as “black money” — to win billions in business, and explored the crackdown being waged by prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice and allies abroad against companies including the British-based multinational defense company BAE Systems.
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#Documentary #BlackMoney #CorporateBribery
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,1,The 2007 documentary “Spying on the Home Front” examined then-President George W. Bush’s domestic war on terrorism and its implications for Americans’ civil liberties. (Aired 2007)
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The attacks on 9/11 altered America in many ways, from barricades and body frisks in airports to greater government scrutiny of people’s records and electronic surveillance of their communications. The watershed, officials told FRONTLINE in the 2007 documentary “Spying on the Home Front,” was the government’s shift to a strategy of pre-emption at home — not just prosecuting terrorists for breaking the law, but trying to find and stop them before they struck.
The documentary probed the ramifications of that strategy, explored how the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program worked at the time, and examined various viewpoints on whether the Bush administration violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and infringed on constitutional protections.
Read an update involving an AT&T case featured in the film:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-att-helped-the-nsa-spy-on-millions/
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/united-states-of-secrets/
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Prologue
08:01 - How Government Surveillance in the U.S. Changed After the 9/11 Attacks
16:58 - Revisiting the National Security Agency’s Post- 9/11 Surveillance Mechanisms
31:56 - A Look Back at Surveillance in One American City: Las Vegas
53:09 - Credits
,,Z4juJ2tDWpI,, Military,Society,Television_program, channel_UC3ScyryU9Oy9Wse3a8OAmYQ, video_Z4juJ2tDWpI,A 2016 report from inside the war-torn city of Benghazi — the birthplace of Libya’s 2011 uprising, later besieged by ISIS and warring militias. (Aired 2016)
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While making this 2016 documentary in Benghazi, reporter Feras Kilani gained rare access to Libyan forces fighting for control of the city against ISIS and other extremist groups. By that point, the battle had been going on for over 18 months, with more than 100,000 residents displaced by the fighting, and Libya was ISIS’ biggest base outside Syria and Iraq. In “Benghazi in Crisis,” Kilani followed Libyan fighters battling for a central point in the city, filmed the stories of displaced civilians and offered a rare and grim look inside a city in turmoil.
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CHAPTERS:
00:12 - The Fight Against ISIS in Benghazi, Libya, in 2015-16
11:05 - Libyans Displaced by the Fight Against ISIS in Benghazi
16:23 - Credits
,1,Meghan Markle and Prince Harry get a win against the paparazzi. Plus Cardi B gets her own show and Tyler Perry is getting a lot of DMs after his posted his “single” selfie
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,1,FRONTLINE presented gripping, first-hand accounts of women who escaped the brutal reign of ISIS — and followed an underground network that helped them escape. (Aired 2015)
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In August 2014, ISIS massacred hundreds of men who were part of the Yazidi religious minority and took an estimated 3,000 Yazidi women and children captive. “Escaping ISIS” delivered a stunning look at the plight of those women and children, and the efforts of people trying to help them escape.
As the documentary reported, before ISIS overran his town in Northern Iraq, Khalil al-Dakhi was a lawyer. When ISIS seized territory in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate, al-Dakhi formed an underground railroad to help rescue those women and children held by ISIS.
Aeida, a 21-year-old Yazidi woman who was abducted by ISIS along with her two young children, talked about being held in a home that ISIS had turned into a prison for captured women. “Some nights I can’t sleep until the early morning hours because of the nightmares,” she said.
The documentary followed al-Dakhi and his team as they undertook the dangerous work of getting women like Aeida out of ISIS’ territory. It also followed the efforts of a cell smuggling secretly-shot footage of ISIS’ treatment of women out of ISIS-held territory.
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/escaping-isis/
#Documentary #Yazidi #Iraq #Syria
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Prologue
00:42 - An Underground Railroad to Rescue Yazidi Women and Children from ISIS
12:45 - A Yazidi Woman Describes ISIS Captivity
19:17 - Activists Secretly Film Life Under ISIS
30:59 - A Yazidi Family Escapes from ISIS & Other Survivors’ Stories
46:59 - A Message from Yazidis to ISIS: ‘We’re Staying’
51:49 - Credits
,1,Shannon O’Neil, vice president, deputy director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to answer questions submitted by listeners to The President’s Inbox.
This episode was originally released by The President’s Inbox on December 26, 2023.
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