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Frontline’s season premiere investigates American political leaders and choices they’ve made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S. In a two-hour documentary special premiering ahead of the 2022 midterms, Frontline examines how officials fed the public lies about the 2020 presidential election and embraced rhetoric that led to political violence.
Editing
Ruthless timeline construction makes liars contradict themselves beautifully.
Direction
Kirk lets politicians hang themselves with their own footage.

Director
Michael Kirk
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