Frontline Season 38 · Episode 9

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (1)

13th January 2020 1 hour 55 mins Season 38 Episode 9

A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part One of the documentary 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.

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Season 38 · Episode 10

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (2)

A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part Two of the documentary examines how Donald Trump’s campaign exploited the country’s divisions and how his presidency has unleashed anger on both sides of the divide.

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Will Lyman

Self - Narrator (voice)