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‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Filmmaker on What is Left of the City After the Russian Invasion
‘20 Days in Mariupol’ filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov spoke with FRONTLINE about how the city of Mariupol has changed since the Russian takeover and what happened to Mariupol’s civilians and children after the siege.
November 21, 2023
‘Where Should We Go?’: Documenting the Russian Bombing of a Maternity Hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine
As Mariupol came under Russian attack, Ukrainian AP video journalist Mstyslav Chernov and his colleagues risked their lives to show the world the truth of the war — including the bombing of a maternity hospital. Watch an excerpt from ‘20 Days in Mariupol,’ Chernov’s documentary with FRONTLINE and The Associated Press.
November 21, 2023
Artist Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison in Russia After Posting Anti-War Stickers in a Grocery Store
The artist, Sasha Skochilenko, and her partner, Sonia Subbotina, were featured in the 2022 FRONTLINE documentary ‘Putin’s War at Home,’ about the Russian president’s crackdown on protest of the Ukraine war.
November 17, 2023
1h 37m
20 Days in Mariupol
Now an Academy Award & BAFTA Award winner. FRONTLINE and The Associated Press present an extraordinary account of the Russian siege of Mariupol, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues who documented the atrocities and their own escape.
November 21, 2023
From Russian Newspaper Editor to ‘Foreign Agent’
‘Putin vs. the Press’ director Patrick Forbes, on chronicling the story of embattled Russian journalist and Nobel Prize winner Dmitry Muratov.
October 5, 2023
How Russia’s Press Freedom has Deteriorated Over the Decades Since Putin Came to Power
FRONTLINE takes a closer look at the different tactics that President Vladimir Putin and the government have used to clamp down on journalists in Russia, and the impact it’s had on press freedom since he came to power.
September 26, 2023
How Russian Journalist Dmitry Muratov, Now Declared a ‘Foreign Agent,’ Faced Off With Putin in the Past
In September 2023, the Russian government labeled Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov a ‘foreign agent.’ As this excerpt from the documentary "Putin vs. the Press" shows, Muratov had in the past publicly confronted Putin about his crackdown on the press.
September 12, 2023
53m
Putin vs. the Press
The story of one journalist’s battle to defend free speech in Putin’s Russia.
September 26, 2023
Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2023 (So Far)
Looking for documentaries to watch as summer winds down? We’ve got you covered.
August 30, 2023
How Yevgeny Prigozhin, Now Presumed Dead, Posed a Threat to Vladimir Putin’s Authority
With U.S. officials saying Yevgeny Prigozhin was 'likely killed,' revisit FRONTLINE's documentary on what led to the armed rebellion by Prigozhin and his Wagner Group in June 2023, and how Putin has handled past challenges to his authority.
August 25, 2023
What the Wagner Group Mutiny Reveals About Putin’s Grip on Power
“It reveals that the emperor has no clothes,” journalist Peter Baker says of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed mutiny in the opening scene of ‘Putin’s Crisis,’ a FRONTLINE documentary. “And if you’re Putin, you’re looking around that room and you’re saying, ‘Which of these people has a knife in his belt? Which of these people might be thinking about moving on me next?’”
July 11, 2023
52m
Putin's Crisis
How Russian President Vladimir Putin reached this moment of crisis.
July 11, 2023