CNN Special Reports

CNN Special Reports (1980)★ 5.6/10

US · January 1, 1980 · 42 seasons

  • Journalism

Directed by: A. Chris Gajilan, Sid Bedingfield, Hal Gurnee, Peter Bibbey, Stephen Howie

Written by: A. Chris Gajilan, Kyung Lah, Steve O'Donnell, Alex Quade, Max Seddon

The CNN Documentary Unit tackles the most compelling, current, and complex stories of our time. Startling events. Pressing issues. Extraordinary journeys.

Directed by

A. Chris GajilanSid BedingfieldHal GurneePeter BibbeyStephen HowieDina LentLee TomlinsonPatricia DiCarlo

Written by

Cast & crew

Fareed ZakariaSelf - HostAnderson CooperSelf - HostSanjay GuptaSelfChristiane AmanpourSelf - CorrespondentRandi KayeSelf - CNN National CorrespondentWolf BlitzerSelf - AnchorAlisyn CamerotaSelfNic RobertsonSelf - CorrespondentAlex QuadeSelf - CorrespondentJake TapperSelf - HostKyung LahSelf - CorrespondentKaitlan CollinsSelf - CorrespondentGary TuchmanSelf - CorrespondentJim SciuttoSelf - HostEvan PérezSelf - CorrespondentEd LavanderaSelf - HostMaggie HabermanSelfDrew GriffinSelfBen GinsbergSelfDonie O'SullivanSelfElle ReeveSelfElizabeth NeumannSelfPaula ZahnSelf - AnchorAbby PhillipSelf - HostDoris Kearns GoodwinSelfHillary ClintonFirst LadyMike BoettcherSelf - CorrespondentTony BlairBritish Prime MinisterRob FrankenSelf - CorrespondentLaura CoatesSelf - CorrespondentManu RajuSelfPamela BrownSelf - Co-HostErin BurnettSelfAnthony FauciSelfBill WeirSelfMaria Van KerkhoveSelf - WHODana BashSelf - CorrespondentAlyssa Farah GriffinSelfJon MeachamSelfAdam KinzingerSelf - Illinois CongressmanKurt BardellaSelfChristopher WylieSelfBrad RaffenspergerSelf - Georgia Secretary of StateLiz CheneySelf - Wyoming CongresswomanBill GatesSelf - Maricopa County AZ Board of Supervisors Vice ChairVan JonesSelf - ContributorJim AcostaSelfJason CrowSelfDavid AxelrodSelfRobert RedfieldSelfCarol AndersonSelfSara MurraySelfSara SidnerSelf - National CorrespondentJean CasarezSelf - CNN CorrespondentLarry MadowoSelf - ReporterSalma AbdelazizSelf - CorrespondentMax SeddonSelf - CorrespondentAlisa StatmanSelf - Tate Family FriendAnnie FarmerSelf - VictimWilliam SchaffnerSelf - Prof. Infectious DiseasesMary NeiswenderSelf - ReporterKen BurnsSelfJeanne MarrazzoSelf - CEO IDSAJeff GuinnSelf - Author, 'The Life and Times of Charles Manson'Barbara HoytSelf - Former Manson Family MemberVincent BugliosiSelf - ProsecutorBill ZamoraSelf - JurorBill RoblesSelf - Courtroom Sketch ArtistBill WilkinsonSelf - KKK Grand Imperial WizardTom BradenSelf - HostChuck DeCaroSelf - ReporterElizabeth RauscherSelfWilliam van BiseSelfJesse JacksonSelf - IntervieweeBen WedemanSelf - CorrespondentTom MintierSelf - CorrespondentCarol LinSelf - CorrespondentDonald RumsfeldSecretary of DefenseBill HemmerSelf - AnchorGeorge W. BushPresident of United StatesMiles O'BrienSelf - AnchorWesley ClarkFormer NATO Supreme CommanderJudy WoodruffSelf - AnchorStanley McChrystalGeneralDavid BowdenSelf - ITN CorrespondentPowderPJBill ClintonSelf - former President of USAGeorge BushSelf - former President of USARudy GiulianiSelf - former Mayor of NYCColin PowellSelf - Former Secretary of StateSoledad O'BrienSelf - CorrespondentRobert J. ThompsonSelfConan O'BrienSelfJimmy KimmelSelfSeth MeyersSelfDavid LettermanSelf - SubjectPaul ShafferSelf - BandleaderMerrill MarkoeSelfSteve O'DonnellSelfSteven ColbertSelfDonald TrumpSelfPhil BlackSelf - CorrespondentDon LemonSelf - HostJim BanksSelf - Indiana CongressmanJeff ZelenySelf - CorrespondentPeter BergenSelf - Security AnalystGloria BorgerSelf - Political AnalystTom FuentesSelf - Law Enforcement AnalystPhilip MuddSelf - Counterterrorism AnalystPramila JayapalSelf - Washington CongresswomanZayn NabbiSelf - CNN ProducerJames GoodrichSelf - SurgeonJadon McDonaldSelf - Conjoined TwinAnias McDonaldSelf - Conjoined TwinNick LancasterSubject Matter ExpertSara GanimSelf - CorrespondentShimon ProkupeczSelf - CorrespondentSteve KingSelfGeorge D. ThurstonSelfJessica AlbaSelfRoxane GaySelfMelinda GatesSelfGlennon DoyleSelfCecile RichardsSelfCarly FiorinaSelfCarol Moseley BraunSelfJohn BarrySelfKenneth DavisSelfRosie O'DonnellSelfMischa BartonSelfRonan FarrowSelfNancy MaceSelf - South Carolina CongresswomanJia TolentinoSelfJen PsakiSelf - White House Press SecretaryKamala HarrisSelfJonathan Safran FoerSelfHeather Cox RichardsonSelfCory BookerSelf - Senate Judiciary CommitteeDaniel RamosSelfRoger McNameeSelf - ContributorEzra KleinSelf - ContributorDouglas EmhoffSelfJeff FlakeSelfJane MayerSelf - ContributorAlex MarquardtSelfJosh RoginSelf - CorrespondentIan BremmerSelf - ContributorPeter DaszakSelf - EpidemiologistJohn BoltonSelfEvan OsnosSelf - ContributorCharlie CristSelfMichelle Ugenti-RitaSelf - Arizona State SenatorKatie HobbsSelf - Arizona Secretary of StateJames LankfordSelf - Oklahoma SenatorAndrew McCabeSelfImran AhmedSelf - CEO, Center for Countering Digital HateThomas FriedmanSelf - ContributorFrancis CollinsSelfAli AlexanderSelfDavid CulverSelf - CorrespondentMaya HarrisSelfGabriel SterlingSelf - Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Secretary of StateAlina ChanSelf - Broad Institute Molecular BiologistChris StirewaltSelfChris SweckerSelf - CommentatorDeborah BirxSelfGrace MengSelfAl SchmidtSelf - Philadelphia City CommissionerRick PerlsteinSelfIgor BobicSelfMarc EliasSelf - Democratic Election AttorneyHarry DunnSelfChloe MelasSelfRichard HasenSelf - University of California Irvine Political Science ProfessorChris CadelagoSelfMichael FanoneSelfDavid FrumSelfKevin RooseSelf - GuestVictor GaoSelf - ContributorGeoff DuncanSelf - Georgia Lieutenant GovernorNikema WilliamsSelf - Georgia CongresswomanJosh CampbellSelfSusan WildSelfJosh DawseySelf - ContributorJohn Scott-RailtonSelf - Senior Researcher, Citizen Lab, University of TorontoGeorge PackerSelf - ContributorJulian ZelizerSelf - ContributorMo BrooksSelf - Alabama CongressmanRandall BalmerSelfCarrie CorderoSelfBrett GiroirSelfSylvester TurnerSelf - Houston MayorCatherine Cortez MastoSelfLarry KobilinskySelf - CommentatorAnthony GonzalezSelf - Ohio CongressmanDavid RelmanSelf - Stanford University EpidemiologistDan GeorgeSelfRobert KadlecSelfKathleen BelewSelfPat BrownSelf - Impossible Foods CEOStephen HahnSelf - Former FDA CommissionerAnn McLane KusterSelfDaryl JohnsonSelfCouy GriffinSelfJitarth JadejaSelf - GuestRafael AnchíaSelf - Texas State RepresentativeJim BourgSelfKristian AndersenSelf - Scripps Institute Professor of Immunology and MicrobiologyDavid RalstonSelf - Georgia House SpeakerAdrienne LaFranceSelf - GuestCynthia Miller-IdrissSelfTravis ClardySelf - Texas State RepresentativeLisa MacCarleySelfSenfronia ThompsonSelf - Texas State RepresentativeJosh PruittSelfArieh KovlerSelfRoger WitthoeftSelfDonovan CrowlSelfAlisa LaSelf - Assistant to Nancy PelosiYvonne St. CyrSelfChrisette HudlinSelfThomas JonasSelf - Nature's Fynd Co-Founder and CEOPeter Ben EmbarekSelf - Danish EpidemiologistRalph BaricSelf - University of North Carolina EpidemiologistJoann FouquetteSelfLuke SaundersSelf - Founder, Farmer's FridgeDanielle BeckSelf - Senior Director of Government Affairs, National Cattlemen's Beef AssociationPeter MartinelliSelf - FarmerChris TurnerSelf - Texas State RepresentativeMichael TuskSelf - ChefLingling WeiSelf - Wall Street Journal Chief China CorrespondentKatie Bo WilliamsSelf - CorrespondentDanielle E. AndersonSelf - University of Melbourne EpidemiologistJames WhiteSelf - Texas State RepresentativePercy DealSelf - Former Navajo County AZ SupervisorJennifer MorrellSelf - Election Audit ExpertHelen PurcellSelf - Former Maricopa County AZ RecorderJonathan DiazSelf - Senior Legal Counsel, Campaign Legal CenterBaoky VuSelf - Former Vice Chair of Dekalb County GA Election BoardDavid RemnickSelf - ContributorLisa PineSelfJulia IoffeSelfBrittany KaiserSelfAnne ApplebaumSelfRusty BowersSelf - Arizona House SpeakerRobert KaganSelfDavid ChalianSelfDavid SangerSelf - New York Times CorrespondentJ. Michael LuttigSelfRobert GatesSelfMasha GessenSelf - ContributorBenjamin HarnwellSelfJosh KaulSelf - Wisconsin Attorney GeneralMiles TaylorSelfMikhail ZygarSelfWolfgang IschingerSelfJoshua GreenSelfSteven LevitskySelf - Harvard Government ProfessorBrad ParscaleSelfEric HerschmannSelfBenjamin Carter HettSelfBenjamin GinsbergSelfDaniel ZiblattSelf - Harvard Government ProfessorRichard DonoghueSelfAimee EyvazzadehSelfBud KennedySelfChris TackettSelfLia QuartapelleSelf - Member of Italian ParliamentKel SeligerJames WhitfieldSelfMendi TackettSelfRachel GonzalesSelfFrank GonzalesSelfDorothy BurtonSelfBob DeuellSelfDavid BrockmanSelfNathalie TocciSelfHarry EntenSelf - CorrespondentClarissa WardSelf - HostJane CoastonSelf - GuestLaura Barron LopezSelf - AnalystMaria AvdeevaSelfJohn KingSelf - CorrespondentPrince AndrewSelfGarry KasparovSelf - Renew Democracy InitiativeJeffrey EpsteinSelfJake RosmarinSelf - V-loggerLeon BlackSelfPau MosqueraSelf - Correspondent SpainHans KlugeSelf - WHOMegan RanneySelf - Yale Medical SchoolSpencer KuvinSelf - LaywerIvan Perez SarmentiSelf - Correspondent ArgentinaScott MiscovichSelf - PhysicianMaria da Luz LimaSelf - Health Minister Cape VerdeJes StaleySelfHenry JareckiSelfRobert GarciaSelfMoses CastillaSelf - Fmr. 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