Lies, Politics and Democracy

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Michael Kirk

Vanessa Fica

Self - Reporter

Tim Alberta

Self - Reporter

Jelani Cobb

Self - Reporter

Will Lyman

Self - Narrator (voice)