Movies: James Jacoby

  • 2023
    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover (2023)

    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

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    Compulsive Twitterer, Elon Musk bought himself his favorite social network in 2022, and brutally shaped it according to his desires. This punchy investigation relates the stormy relations between the platform and the billionaire, and their impact on ...

    Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
  • 2023
    Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

    Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza (2023)

    Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza

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    As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, a major 90-minute documentary offers a sweeping examination of the critical moments leading up to this crisis over the course of the past three decades, and the pivotal role of a central pla...

    Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
  • 2020
    Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

    Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos (2020)

    Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

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    Jeff Bezos is not only one of the richest men in the world, he has built a business empire that is without precedent in the history of American capitalism. His power to shape everything from the future of work to the future of commerce to the future ...

    Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
  • 2023
    Age of Easy Money

    Age of Easy Money (2023)

    Age of Easy Money

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    Around the country and across the world, the threat of a recession is looming and economic uncertainty is rising as markets, businesses and individuals adjust to a new reality: the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and pulling back on its epi...

    Age of Easy Money
  • 2017
    Out of Gitmo

    Out of Gitmo (2017)

    Out of Gitmo

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    The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also, the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison....

    Out of Gitmo
  • 2024
    The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz

    The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz (2024)

    The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz

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    FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president. Drawing on interviews with those who know Vance and Walz well — friends, advisors, journalists and political insiders — the documentary trac...

    The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz
  • 2024
    Crisis on Campus

    Crisis on Campus (2024)

    Crisis on Campus

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    A firestorm has been raging on many American college campuses. Ignited by the devastating October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the catastrophic war in Gaza, the outrage deeply divided American campuses and in some places devolved into hate-filled ...

    Crisis on Campus
  • 2020
    Policing the Police 2020

    Policing the Police 2020 (2020)

    Policing the Police 2020

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    George Floyd’s killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake of those protests, New Yorker writer and historian Jelani Cobb returns to a troubled police departm...

    Policing the Police 2020
  • 2021
    Taliban Takeover

    Taliban Takeover (2021)

    Taliban Takeover

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    The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter Najibullah Quraishi (Leaving Afghanistan, Taliban Country) investigates uncertainty and fear among the Afghan people and revisits the lead-up ...

    Taliban Takeover
  • 2018
    The Facebook Dilemma

    The Facebook Dilemma (2018)

    The Facebook Dilemma

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    Original interviews and rare footage show early warnings about Facebook's impact on privacy and democracy around the world and in the U.S....

    The Facebook Dilemma
  • 2016
    Policing the Police

    Policing the Police (2016)

    Policing the Police

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    George Floyd’s killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake of those protests, New Yorker writer and historian Jelani Cobb returns to a troubled police departm...

    Policing the Police
  • 2021
    The Power of the Fed

    The Power of the Fed (2021)

    The Power of the Fed

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    When COVID-19 struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country's central bank continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost?...

    The Power of the Fed
  • 2017
    War on the EPA

    War on the EPA (2017)

    War on the EPA

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    Investigates how Scott Pruit, a former state senator and minor league baseball team owner, went from fighting the Environmental Protection Agency to running it, rolling back years of policy. FRONTLINE tells the inside story of how the major reversal ...

    War on the EPA