Returning to voters filmed in 2020, this 90-minute documentary explores how their hopes and fears have changed amid another polarizing election season.
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“American Voices 2024” begins in 2020, following ordinary Americans with different viewpoints as they dealt with COVID-19 in their communities that spring, responded to George Floyd’s murder that summer, and then participated in the election and its aftermath that fall. Then, the documentary revisits those same Americans from a mix of urban, rural and suburban areas as they reflect on the past four tumultuous years, navigate health and economic challenges, and share their perspectives on politics today.
Filmed everywhere from Texas to California; from Virginia to Minnesota; and from Iowa to Oregon, “American Voices 2024” is a journey across geography, race and politics that sheds light on where our country has been — and where it is headed.
“American Voices 2024” is a FRONTLINE production with Five O’Clock Films in association with DEC8 Productions and Mike Shum Productions. The producers are Qinling Li and Arthur Nazaryan. The writers are Qinling Li and Mike Shum. The director is Mike Shum. The senior producers are Callie T. Wiser and Frank Koughan. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Prologue
03:00 – How Some Americans Responded to the COVID-19 Lockdown in 2020
14:28 – A Woman Who Contracted COVID and a Doctor Recall the Virus’ Challenges
19:33 – How Americans Viewed the Protests That Followed George Floyd’s Murder
39:58 – How Some American Voters Felt About the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
53:31 – What Some Voters Think About America in 2024
1:08:52 – Ordinary Americans React to the 2024 Presidential Debate Between Harris and Trump
1:12:47 – U.S. Voters Share Their Hopes and Fears About the Future
1:22:17 – Credits
