A CAPITOL FOURTH
THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 9:00PM & 10:30PM
“A Capitol Fourth” welcomes back music superstar Barry Manilowto headline this year’s celebration on the West Lawn of the Capitol. This legendary performer is back by popular demand, following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009, which included this rousing rendition of “Let Freedom Ring.”
A CAPITOL FOURTH
THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 6:00PM & 7:30PM
“A Capitol Fourth” welcomes back music superstar Barry Manilowto headline this year’s celebration on the West Lawn of the Capitol. This legendary performer is back by popular demand, following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009, which included this rousing rendition of “Let Freedom Ring.”
WIKISECRETS
TUESDAY, JULY 2 @ 11:00PM
It’s the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history — the leaking of more than a half million classified documents on the WikiLeaks website throughout 2010. At the center of the controversy stands Bradley E. Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who’s charged with handing them over.
Who is Bradley Manning, and what does his story tell us about how and why the secret cache of documents may have been leaked? In WikiSecrets, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith gains exclusive access to those closest to Manning — including his father, close friends and his Army bunkmate — and uncovers video of Manning taken around the time of the alleged handover of classified information.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 30 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM
High on a granite cliff in South Dakota’s Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they constitute the world’s largest piece of sculpture.
The story of Mount Rushmore’s creation is as bizarre and wonderful as the monument itself. It is the tale of a hyperactive, temperamental artist whose talent and determination propelled the project, even as his ego and obsession threatened to tear it apart.
SPECIAL FLIGHT
MONDAY, JULY 1 @ 8:00PM
Special Flight is a dramatic account of the plight of undocumented foreigners at the Frambois detention center in Geneva, Switzerland, and of the wardens who struggle to reconcile humane values with the harsh realities of a strict deportation system. The 25 Frambois inmates featured are among the thousands of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants imprisoned without charge or trial and facing deportation to their native countries, where they fear repression or even death. The film, made in Switzerland, is a heart-wrenching exposé of the contradictions between the country’s compassionate social policies and the intractability of its immigration laws.
INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES VI
INTELLIGENT DESIGN
SUNDAY, JUNE 30 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
Lewis and Hathaway are called in to examine the brutal death of a chemistry professor recently released from prison, which may be connected to the discovery of a murdered Oxford student reported lost for fifteen years. As more casualties and suspects emerge, Lewis considers his future on the force. Edward Fox (Ghandi, Foyle’s War) guest stars.
Kevin Whately stars as Inspector Lewis, the former working-class foil to the erudite Detective Inspector Morse, and Laurence Fox stars as his cool, cerebral partner Detective Sergeant Hathaway, in finale of Inspector Lewis, Series VI, Intelligent Design. Edward Fox (Ghandi, Foyle’s War) guest stars.
FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 @ 11:00PM
Renowned chef, culinary author and TV personality Lidia Bastianich sets out on a compelling new adventure, traveling across the country with celebrity guests to celebrate diversity and explore moving tales of hard-won freedom as host of a new prime time special set to air in time for summer fireworks. Joining her on her journey are actress Anna Deavere Smith, opera singer Renee Fleming, chef Jacques Pepin, singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright and actor/comedian Alec Mapa. Lidia also recounts her own family’s powerful story of fleeing life behind the Iron Curtain to come to the USA after World War II.
IT’S THE HARD-KNOCK LIFE
FROM SCRIPT TO STAGE
FRIDAY, JUNE 28 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
The show-stopping musical ANNIE, its characters and its songs are timeless and classic. For Annie’s return to Broadway, this documentary offers a memorable behind-the-scenes look at every step of a single ANNIE production number, from the earliest phases of discussion among the creative team, rehearsals with actors, to opening night on Broadway.
BLACK MAMBA
SUNDAY, JUNE 30 @ 8:00PM
The black mamba is Africa’s deadliest snake. Untreated, its bite has a fatality rate of 100 percent, making it a killer among killers on a continent where it is thought that nearly 20,000 people die of snake bites each year, and the residents of Swaziland in southern Africa have suffered losses for generations. With essentially no access to anti-venom, many people turn to traditional healers for help, but their herbal remedies always fail, leaving Swazis feeling fearful and defenseless against one of their nation’s most infamous killers.
RAPE IN THE FIELDS
TUESDAY, MARCH 18 @ 11:00PM
FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. (Viewer discretion advised)