E1: America's Great Divide

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

FRONTLINE begins its 2020 election year coverage with a two-part, four-hour documentary series investigating America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team, America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump draws on revelatory new interviews with key political and cultural figures, as well as an unparalleled archive of in-depth broadcast reporting across two presidential administrations, to offer crucial context for the current moment. Part One traces how Barack Obama’s promise of unity collapsed as increasing racial, cultural and political divisions laid the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump. Part Two examines how Trump’s campaign exploited the country’s divisions, how his presidency has unleashed anger on both sides of the divide, and what America’s polarization could mean for the country’s future.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the audio version of the frontline documentary,
0:03.2	America's Great Divide, from Obama to Trump.
0:06.2	This special presentation is being offered in eight episodes.
0:09.6	Here is episode one.
0:11.1	MUSIC
0:26.7	Tonight, this country goes into 2020 as divided as it's ever been.
0:32.5	From frontline's award-winning political team,
0:35.3	a two-night special series, years of reporting,
0:39.0	investigating the conflicts and crossing the divide.
0:42.2	People were angry.
0:43.3	Yes, gade of outrage.
0:45.2	Outrage machine.
0:46.2	They're going to start storming the gates.
0:47.8	Frontline begins its 2020 political coverage
0:50.7	with the epic story of how we got here.
0:52.8	The nation's first African American president.
0:54.9	A decade of division, defined by Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
0:59.5	Make America great, bigger.
1:01.6	President and U.S. history to be impeached.
1:04.1	Today, there's just a lack of respect to assume the other side
1:08.2	is not just the political opponent, but the enemy.
1:11.6	And what this produces is two Americans.
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