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THE CHOICE: Biden, Trump and the Election Battleground
On September 29th, in the battleground state of Ohio, Trump and Biden will square off in the first televised presidential debate. Join FRONTLINE and Columbia University for a virtual event the following day to discuss the two major party candidates.
4 - 5:30 p.m.
In the midst of a historic pandemic, economic hardship, and a reckoning with racism, this November Americans will decide who will lead the nation for the next four years: President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden.
This virtual event will feature veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk highlighting the defining moments that shaped Donald J. Trump’s and Joseph R. Biden’s lives and how these moments shed new light on how they respond in times of crisis, their respective approaches to power, and their visions for America’s future at this pivotal juncture.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Mike Kirk: FRONTLINE Director, "The Choice"
John Judis: Author, "The Populist Explosion" and "The Nationalist Revival"
Raney Aronson-Rath: Executive Producer, FRONTLINE
Jelani Cobb: Staff Writer, The New Yorker and the Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University
Nicholas Lemann: Executive Director, Columbia Global Reports and Dean Emeritus, Columbia University School of Journalism (Moderator)
The event will include clips from the two-hour dual biography The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden, available to stream online here.