Jelani Cobb

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.

Reviewing the pursuit of democracy within the U.S. on the anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot.

This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker.

A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they came from and how they lead.

The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived there from 1970 to its demolition in 2000, with special emphasis on the activism of Eva Davis asserting the rights of the tenants.

A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

A look inside the Newark Police Department in New Jersey, one of many troubled forces in America. Writer and historian Jelani Cobb examines allegations of police abuses and the challenge of fixing a broken relationship with the community