AMERICAN VOICES 2024
Oct. 29, 2024
DIRECTED BY
Mike Shum
WRITTEN BY
Mike Shum and Qinling Li
PRODUCED BY
Qinling Li
Arthur Nazaryan
Mike Shum
Blair Woodbury
Michaela Ternasky-Holland
CO-PRODUCED BY
Tarryn Mento
Vanessa Fica
Marcia Robiou
SENIOR PRODUCERS
Dan Edge
Frank Koughan
Callie Wiser
Daffodil J. Altan
EDITED BY
Mark Dugas
Robert Kirwan
Brian Truglio
Steve Audette, ACE
Gary Beelders
Dan Edge
Andrew Gersh
Fanny Lee
Bradley Manning
FILMED BY
J.P. Dobrin
Brian Fimbres Jr.
Steven Gittings
April Kirby
Carter Knopik
Derek Knowles
Qinling Li
Trevor May
Kelsie Moore
Arthur Nazaryan
Mike Shum
Emily Thomas
Mark Vancleave
LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST
Manuel Lopez Cano
Jim Cooke
Michael Hennings
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Hillary Bachelder
Oscar Collazos
Taylor Galmiche
Adja Gildersleve
Georgia Fort
Michael Hennings
Andrew Hinton
Brian Hollars
Patrick M. Hoy
Fraser Jones
Emily Kinskey
Mike Kozlenko
David Lackey
Kate McMahon
Edythe McNamee
Hanna Miller
Ashley O’Shay
Brock Shank
Colby Shelton
Andrew Stefanik
Shuling Yong
Timothy Wolfer
ARCHIVE PRODUCERS
Megan Robertson
Johanna Sims
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Georgia Fort
Trevor May
Katie Nelson
ADDITIONAL EDITING
Miles Alvord
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Thomas Crosby
Christine Giordano
Sean Tong
Danny Garfield
Christopher Jacob Jones
Tessa Maguire
Tim Meagher
Joey Mullin
Brenna Verre
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT EDITING
Deb Holland
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Mavis Chesnut
Tyler Pell
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Patrick Kekoa Nichols
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Jonny Pilcher
Richard Spiller
NARRATOR
Will Lyman
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION
Megan McGough Christian
POST PRODUCTION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
Stephen Barker
Ryan Groth
LEGAL
Ki Kyung Park
INTERNS
Emma Davis
Barbara Losseau
Claudia Rosado
SPECIAL THANKS
Mai Yer Vang
Anna Shum
Mark Steele
FOR FIVE O’CLOCK FILMS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Stephanie Mills
Muna Mohamed
BOOKKEEPER
Helen Yung
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Associated Press
Axiom Images
Cary Gordon
Getty Images
Matt Howieson
Northwestern Medicine
Richard Pesce
Pond5
Licensed Materials ©Mike Shum Productions
Shutterstock
Thomas Vachuska
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
ABC News
BBC News
Bloomberg
CBS News
Channel 4 News
CNBC
CNN
Democracy Now
DW News
Eternal Word Television Network
Fox News
Global Nation
Heaven on Wheels
KARE11
KCCI
KSTP-TV
Los Angeles Times
MSNBC
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NPR
PBS
PBS NewsHour
The Minnesota Star Tribune
The Washington Post
WCCO-TV
WKBT
WSAV-TV
WUSA9
7 News
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ORIGINAL PRODUCTION FUNDING PROVIDED BY
CPB, Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler through the Jon L. Hagler Foundation and additional support from the Charina Endowment Fund and from Koo and Patricia Yuen.
FOR FRONTLINE
POST PRODUCTION MANAGER
Tim Meagher
SENIOR EDITOR
Barry Clegg
EDITOR
Brenna Verre
EDITORS
Christine Giordano
Joey Mullin
PA / ASSISTANT EDITOR
Julia McCarthy
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Thomas Crosby
Marcus Phan
FOR GBH OUTPOST
SENIOR POST PRODUCTION MANAGER
Beth Godlin Lillis
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Mangini
INTERNS
Kate Armanini
Micah Barkley
Joelle DiPaolo
Nicholas Doyle
Punnya Kalapurakkel
Sophie Szydlik
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Ellen O’Neill
DIRECTOR OF IMPACT AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Erika Howard
SENIOR DIGITAL WRITER
Patrice Taddonio
PUBLICITY & AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
Julia Heffernan
ASSISTANT DIGITAL EDITOR
Ambika Kandasamy
ASSOCIATE DIGITAL EDITOR
Mackenzie Wright
DIGITAL PRODUCER / EDITOR
Tessa Maguire
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY, COMMUNICATIONS & AWARDS
Anne Husted
PODCAST PRODUCER
Emily Pisacreta
ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
John Campopiano
SENIOR BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
Sean Gigliotti
FOR GBH LEGAL
Eric Brass
Suzy Carrington
Jay Fialkov
SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
Gianna DeGiulio
SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Tufts
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Mary Sullivan
SENIOR DEVELOPER
Anthony DeLorenzo
LEAD, DIGITAL DESIGN & INTERACTIVE
Dan Nolan
FRONTLINE/COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Refael Kubersky
FRONTLINE/NEWMARK JOURNALISM SCHOOL AT CUNY FELLOWSHIP
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Max Maldonado
FRONTLINE/MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP
MURRAY JOURNALISM FELLOW
Kristina Abovyan
ARCHIVAL PRODUCER
Coral C. Salomón Bartolomei
SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER / EDITOR
Miles Alvord
SENIOR DOCUMENTARY EDITOR & PRODUCER
Michelle Mizner
DIGITAL EDITOR
Priyanka Boghani
STORY EDITOR & COORDINATING PRODUCER
Katherine Griwert
POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
Louis Wiley Jr.
FOUNDER
David Fanning
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Dale Cohen
DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Maria Diokno
SENIOR PRODUCERS
Dan Edge
Frank Koughan
SENIOR EDITOR & DIRECTOR,
LOCAL JOURNALISM
Erin Texeira
SENIOR EDITOR,
INVESTIGATIONS
Lauren Ezell Kinlaw
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Brian Eule
MANAGING EDITOR
Andrew Metz
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Raney Aronson-Rath
A FRONTLINE Production with Five O’Clock Films
in association with DEC8 Productions
© 2024
WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved
FRONTLINE is a production of GBH which is solely responsible for its content.
AMERICAN VOICES: A NATION IN TURMOIL
Nov. 17, 2020
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Mike Shum
PRODUCED BY
Mike Shum
Blair Woodbury
Arthur Nazaryan
Michaela Ternasky-Holland
SENIOR PRODUCERS
Dan Edge
Frank Koughan
Callie T. Wiser
Daffodil J. Altan
EDITED BY
Steve Audette, ACE
Gary Beelders
Dan Edge
Andrew Gersh
Robert Kirwan
Fanny Lee
Bradley Manning
CO-PRODUCED BY
Vanessa Fica
Marcia Robiou
ARCHIVE PRODUCER
Megan Robertson
FILMED BY
Brian Fimbres Jr.
Steven Gittings
April Kirby
Carter Knopik
Derek Knowles
Qinling Li
Trevor May
Kelsie Moore
Arthur Nazaryan
Mike Shum
Emily Thomas
ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hillary Bachelder
Oscar Collazos
Taylor Galmiche
Adja Gildersleve
Georgia Fort
Michael Hennings
Andrew Hinton
Brian Hollars
Patrick M. Hoy
Fraser Jones
Emily Kinskey
Mike Kozlenko
David Lackey
Kate McMahon
Edythe McNamee
Hanna Miller
Ashley O’Shay
Brock Shank
Colby Shelton
Andrew Stefanik
Shuling Yong
Timothy Wolfer
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Georgia Fort
Trevor May
Katie Nelson
ADDITIONAL EDITING
Miles Alvord
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Danny Garfield
Christopher Jacob Jones
Tessa Maguire
Tim Meagher
Joey Mullin
Brenna Verre
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT EDITING
Deb Holland
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Mavis Chesnut
Tyler Pell
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Jonny Pilcher
Richard Spiller
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION
Megan McGough Christian
POST PRODUCTION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
Stephen Barker
Ryan Groth
LEGAL
Ki Kyung Park
INTERNS
Emma Davis
Barbara Losseau
Claudia Rosado
SPECIAL THANKS
Mai Yer Vang
Anna Shum
Mark Steele
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Axiom Images
Cary Gordon
Getty Images
Matt Howieson
Northwestern Medicine
Richard Pesce
Pond5
Shutterstock
Thomas Vachuska
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
ABC News
CBS News
CNBC
CNN
Fox News
Heaven on Wheels
MSNBC
NBC News
NPR
PBS NewsHour
Licensed Materials ©Mike Shum Productions
FOR FIVE O’CLOCK FILMS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Stephanie Mills
BOOKKEEPER
Helen Yung
Original funding for this program was provided by public television stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler and additional support from Laura DeBonis and Scott Nathan.
FOR FRONTLINE
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Megan McGough Christian
SENIOR PROMOTION PRODUCER
Missy Frederick
SENIOR EDITOR
Barry Clegg
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Brenna Verre
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Joey Mullin
Tim Meagher
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Stevie Jones
FOR WGBH OUTPOST
EDITOR
Deb Holland
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Mangini
INTERNs
Emma Davis
Aviwe DuBois
Barbara Losseau
Claudia Rosado
Juliana Torres
Alexis Weaver
FRONTLINE/EMMA BOWEN FELLOW
Alyssa Bass
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Will Farrell
OUTREACH SPECIALIST
Joshua Rae
IMPACT PRODUCER
Erika Howard
DIGITAL WRITER & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIST
Patrice Taddonio
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
Anahita Pardiwalla
DATA ANALYST
Ben Abrams
ASSISTANT EDITOR, DIGITAL
Tessa Maguire
SERIES PUBLICITY MANAGER
Anne Husted
DIGITAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Lucie Sullivan
PODCAST PRODUCER
James Edwards
SERIES PODCAST PRODUCER
Max Green
ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
John Campopiano
FOR GBH LEGAL
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
CONTRACTS CONSULTANT
Junshi Lu
SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
Gianna DeGiulio
BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Tufts
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Mary Sullivan
SENIOR DEVELOPER
Anthony DeLorenzo
LEAD DESIGNER FOR DIGITAL
Dan Nolan
FRONTLINE/COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS
ABRAMS JOURNALISM FELLOWS
Dan Glaun
Zoe Todd
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Lila Hassan
FRONTLINE/NEWMARK JOURNALISM SCHOOL AT CUNY FELLOWSHIP
Shantal Riley
FRONTLINE/FIRELIGHT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FELLOWS
Assia Boundaoui
Andrés Caballero
Jacqueline Olive
PJ Raval
EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS
Lauren Prestileo
Callie T. Wiser
REPORTER
Marcia Robiou
DIGITAL REPORTER
Katie Worth
DIGITAL REPORTER & PRODUCER
Priyanka Boghani
DIGITAL PRODUCER/EDITOR
Miles Alvord
HOLLYHOCK FILMMAKER IN RESIDENCE
Abby Ellis
SERIES PRODUCER AND EDITOR
Michelle Mizner
INVESTIGATIVE PRODUCER
Daffodil J. Altan
EDITORIAL COORDINATING PRODUCER
Katherine Griwert
DIGITAL EDITOR
Jennifer Wehunt
POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
Louis Wiley Jr
FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT LARGE
David Fanning
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Dale Cohen
SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR
Philip Bennett
SENIOR EDITOR
Lauren Ezell Kinlaw
DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL VIDEO
Carla Borras
SENIOR PRODUCERS
Dan Edge
Frank Koughan
SENIOR EDITOR & DIRECTOR OF LOCAL PROJECTS
Sarah Childress
MANAGING EDITOR
Andrew Metz
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jim Bracciale
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Raney Aronson-Rath
A FRONTLINE Production with Five O’Clock Films
in association with Mike Shum Productions
© 2020
WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved
FRONTLINE is a production of GBH and is solely responsible for its content.