League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.
Casts & Crew
Will Lyman
Himself - Narrator
Harry Carson
Himself
Steve Fainaru
Himself
Mickey Collins
Himself - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Bennett Omalu
Himself - Medical Examiner
Ann McKee
Herself - Neuropathologist, BU CTE Center
Stan Savran
Himself - Pittsburgh Sports Reporter
Julian Bailes
Himself - Team Physician, Steelers, 1988-97
Also Directed by Michael Kirk
From veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker and chronicler of U.S. politics Michael Kirk and his team, this documentary traces the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the devastating consequences that unfolded across four presidencies. Drawing on both new interviews and those from the dozens of documentaries Kirk and his award-winning team made in the years after 9/11, this two-hour special offers an epic re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed America. From the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the January 6 insurrection, America After 9/11 exposes the legacy of September 11 — and the ongoing challenge it poses for the president and the country.
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.
An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency -- and what it suggests about how he will govern.
The key moments that helped shape President-elect Donald Trump.
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
An examination of the powerful and polarizing Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, from veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker and chronicler of U.S. politics Michael Kirk and his team. Pelosi’s Power traces Pelosi’s life and legacy, how she has gained and wielded power across three decades, and how she has faced grave challenges to her leadership and to American democracy from Trump and his allies.
A look at children who have trouble learning in school.
Review the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign.
