American Voices: A Nation In Turmoil

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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From the pandemic to the polls, 2020 has been a time of tumult across a deeply divided America. FRONTLINE presents a post-election special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans in the chaotic months leading up to the historic presidential contest. This documentary was filmed around the U.S. for much of the year, following Americans as they dealt with COVID-19 in their communities this spring, responded to George Floyd’s killing this summer, and then experienced the polarizing election and its aftermath this fall.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to the Frontline Audio Cast, the enhanced audio version of our documentaries,
0:06.0	we also produce a podcast, The Frontline Dispatch, available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:12.0	Now here's American Voices, a nation in turmoil.
0:36.0	America has decided to go another way.
0:42.0	A bitterly contested election in a country on edge.
0:52.0	Over the past year, a team of filmmakers across the United States has been documenting the hopes and fears of Americans.
1:02.0	From the earliest days of the pandemic, the impact on health,
1:14.0	it's just kind of a blur what happened after I got intubated.
1:18.0	And the economy, we tried putting in for the small business loan, unfortunately we weren't approved.
1:24.0	We're the free people of America to a summer protest.
1:30.0	And as long as it gets one dirty cop out of the tap, I'm happy one out of ten.
1:34.0	The backlash.
1:40.0	And ultimately, the election that roused a deeply divided nation and the aftermath.
1:50.0	Now a Frontline Special Presentation.
1:56.0	American Voices, a nation in turmoil.
2:10.0	Frontline is made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.
2:16.0	Thank you. And by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
2:20.0	Major support is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.
2:28.0	More information at Macfound.org.
2:30.0	The Ford Foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide at Ford Foundation.org.
2:38.0	Additional support is provided by the Abram's Foundation, committed to excellence in journalism.
2:44.0	The Foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. And by the Frontline Journalism Fund.
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