Student Study Site for Understanding Terrorism, Third Edition
Challenges, Perspectives and Issues
Gus Martin


General Resources

Historical Examples TimeLine

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PBS Frontline Programs

Below you will find links to PBS Frontline videos depicting key issues and controversies in terrorism today. We hope you enjoy this experience and find it an effective learning tool for putting the issues discussed in Understanding Terrorism, 3rd Edition into perspective.

Endgame. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, June 19, 2007.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/endgame/view/

Spying on the Home Front. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, May 15, 2007.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/view/

Gangs of Iraq. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, April 17, 2007.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gangsofiraq/view/

The Lost Year in Iraq. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, October 17, 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/view/

Return of the Taliban. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, October 3, 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/taliban/view/

The Tank Man. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, April 11, 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/view/

The Insurgency. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, February 21, 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/insurgency/view/

Sex Slaves. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, February 7, 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/slaves/

The Torture Question. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, October 18, 2005.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/view/

Private Warriors. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, June 21, 2005.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/view/

House of Saud. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, February 8, 2005.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/

Al Qaeda’s New Front. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, January 25, 2005.
http://www.pbs.orgwgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/view/

Rumsfeld’s War. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, October 26, 2004.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/view/

Son of Al Qaeda. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, April 22, 2004.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/khadr/view/

Ghosts of Rwanda. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, April 1, 2004.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/video/

The Invasion of Iraq. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, February 26, 2004.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/

Truth, War, and Consequences. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, October 9, 2003.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/view/

Cyber War! Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, April 24, 2003.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cyberwar/view/

In Search of Al Qaeda. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, November 21, 2002.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/

Campaign Against Terror. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, September 8, 2002.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/etc/video.html

Muslims. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, May 9, 2002.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/

Terror and Tehran. Prod. Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline, May 2, 2002.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/etc/video.html

Documentaries and Dramatic Films List

The following documentaries and films depict dissident and state terrorism, or politically violent environments, in their content. Some were released as documentaries, and others were released as political dramas.

Documentaries

20th Century With Mike Wallace: Terrorism Against Americans. Prod. The History Channel. Videocassette. CBS, Inc. and A&E Television Networks, 1996.

100 Years of Terror. Prod. The History Channel. Videocassette Series. A&E Home Video, 2000.

American Zeitgeist. Prod. Aaron Blasius and Rob McGann. Avenue E Productions, 2006.

Fahrenheit 911. Prod. Kathleen Glynn and Jim Czarnecki. Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Guerrilla, The Taking of Patty Hearst. Prod. Robert Stone. Magnolia Pictures, 2005.

Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History. Prod. The History Channel. A&E Television Networks, 1998.

New Bomb Makers, The. Prod. Broadcast News Networks, Inc. A&E Television Networks, 1996.

New Face of Terrorism. Prod. A&E Television Networks. A&E Television Networks, 1996.

New Skinheads, The. Prod. Broadcast News Networks, Inc. Broadcast News Networks, Inc. and A&E Television Networks, 1995.

Terrorism: A World in Shadows. Prod. Liberty International Entertainment, Inc. Documentary Series. Liberty International Entertainment, Inc., 2000.

Terrorists Among Us: Jihad in America. Prod. SAE Productions, Inc. SAE Productions, Inc., 2001.

War at Home, The. Prod. Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown. 1979.

Weather Underground, The. Prod. Sam Green, Bill Siegel, Carrie Lozano, and Marc Smolowitz. The Free History Project, 2003.

World Trade Center: Anatomy of the Collapse. Prod. Darlow Smithson Film & Television. Discovery Communications, Inc., 2001.

Dramatic Films

American History X. Dir. Tony Kaye. Perf. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Avery Brooks. New Line Cinema, 1998.

Arlington Road. Dir. Mark Pellington. Perf. Jeff Bridges, Tim Rollins, Joan Cusack. Sony Pictures, 1999.

Battle of Algiers, The. Dir. Giolo Pontecorvo. Perf. Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag. Magna Film Igor Film—Cabash Films, 1966.

Betrayed. Dir. Constantin Costa-Gavras. Perf. Debra Winger, Tom Berenger. United Artists, 1988.

Boxer, The. Dir. Jim Sheridan. Perf. Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson. Universal Studios, 1998.

Clear and Present Danger. Dir. Phillip Noyce. Perf. Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer. Paramount Pictures, 1994.

Cry Freedom. Dir. Richard Attenborough. Perf. Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, Denzel Washington. Universal Pictures, 1987.

Cry, the Beloved Country. Dir. Zoltan Korda. Perf. Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier. United Artists, 1951.

Devil’s Own, The. Dir. David Cronenberg. Perf. Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt. Sony Pictures, 1997.

In the Name of the Father. Dir. Jim Sheridan. Perf. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson. Universal Studios, 1993.

Jarhead. Dir. Sam Mendes. Perf. Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper. Universal Studios, 2005.

Kingdom, The. Dir. Peter Berg. Perf. Jamie Fox, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom. Universal Pictures, 2007.

Kingdom of Heaven. Dir. Ridley Scott. Perf. Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Michael Sheen, David Thewlis. 20th Century Fox, 2005.

Little Drummer Girl, The. Dir. George Roy Hill. Perf. Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey. Warner Brothers, 1984.

Martyr, The. Dir. John Dolan. Perf. Seth Michaels, John Reiner. Chimerical, 2004.

Men With Guns. Dir. John Sayles. Perf. Federico Luppi, Damian Delgado, Tania Cruz. Clear Blue Sky, Lexington Road, Sony Pictures Classics, 1997.

Missing. Dir. Constantin Costa-Gavras. Perf. Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek. Universal Studios, 1982.

Munich. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Perf. Eric Bana. Dreamworks, 2005.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Dir. Caspar Wrede. Perf. Tom Courtenay, Espen Skjønberg, James Maxwell. Group B Films—Leontes—Norsk Films, 1971.

Rendition. Dir. Gavin Hood. Perf. Omar Metwally, Reese Witherspoon, Aramis Knight, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep. Anonymous Content, 2007.

Salvador. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. James Woods, James Belushi. Hemdale, 1986.

Siege, The. Dir. Edward Zwick. Perf. Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Frank Shalhoub. 20th Century Fox, 1998.

Sum of All Fears, The. Dir. Phil Alden Robinson. Perf. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Shreiber. Paramount Pictures, 2002.

Syriana. Dir. Stephen Gaghan. Perf. George Clooney, Michelle Monahan, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Amanda Peet, Gina Gershon. Warner Brothers Pictures, 2005.

Terrorist, The. Dir. Santosh Sivan. Perf. Ayesha Dharker, Vishnu Vardhan. Bhanu Prakash. Phaedra Cinema, 1998.

World Trade Center. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello. Paramount Pictures, 2006.

Year of the Gun. Dir. John Frankenheimer. Perf. Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone. Columbia Pictures, 1991.

Z. Dir. Constantin Costa-Gavras. Perf. Yves Montand, Irene Papas. Wellspring (DVD edition), 1969.