The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

Sep 24, 2024

1h 55m

★ 7.6

Overview

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America. Award-winning filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team sat down with Trump and Harris’ friends, advisors and critics, as well as authors, journalists and political insiders to present deeply reported narrative arcs of both candidates’ lives, going all the way back to their childhoods. What emerges in FRONTLINE's "The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump" is the story of two fighters: One seeking vindication and promising a return to greatness, and the other seeking to move beyond the past and promising a greater future.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

FRONTLINE

Kirk Documentary Group

PBS

GBH

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump Trailers

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Will Lyman

Self - Voiceover (voice)

Jeremiah Kissel

Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)

Kamala Harris

Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self - Interviewee

Louise Sunshine

Self - Interviewee

Mary L. Trump

Self - Interviewee

Tony Schwartz

Self - Interviewee

Marc Fisher

Self - Interviewee

Marie Brenner

Self - Interviewee

Gwenda Blair

Self - Interviewee

Michael D'Antonio

Self - Interviewee

Timothy L. O'Brien

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