
Michael Kirk
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Michael Kirk is a documentary filmmaker and partial creator of the PBS show Frontline, where he worked as senior producer until 1987. Kirk owns a production company, the Kirk Documentary Group, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is a former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University. He has produced such documentaries as "Inside the Meltdown," about the 2008 financial crisis, "Bush's War," about the Iraq War under George W. Bush, and "The Way the Music Died," about the dire straits of the record industry.
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024)
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Trump's Power & the Rule of Law (2025)
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Biden's Decision (2024)
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American Porn (2002)
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Putin and the Presidents (2023)
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Pelosi's Power (2022)
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Divided States of America (2017)
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The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020)
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Losing Iraq (2014)
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The Rise of RFK Jr. (2025)
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The Killer at Thurston High (2000)
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Netanyahu at War (2016)
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United States of Conspiracy (2020)
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League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (2013)
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America After 9/11 (2021)
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The War Cabinet (2026)
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The Choice 2016 (2016)
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Lies, Politics and Democracy (2022)
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Frontline: President Trump (2017)
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The Choice 2008 (2008)
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Democracy on Trial (2024)
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The Choice 2000 (2000)
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Taliban Takeover (2021)
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The Anthrax Files (2011)
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The Clinton Years (2001)
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Bannon's War (2017)
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The Choice 2012 (2012)
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Bush’s War Part I (2008)
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Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court (2023)
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Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court (2020)
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The Secret History of ISIS (2016)
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The War Behind Closed Doors (2003)
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Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings (2011)
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President Biden (2021)
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Endgame (2007)
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Bush’s War Part II (2008)
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Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA (2015)
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McCain (2018)
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Putin's Road to War (2022)
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Trump président, une création fatale (—)
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Trump's American Carnage (2021)
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Trump's Comeback (2025)
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Misunderstood Minds (2002)
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L'homme qui murmure à l'oreille de Trump (—)
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Zero Tolerance: How Trump Turned Immigration into a Political Weapon (2019)
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Cheney's Law (2007)
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The Dark Side (2006)
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Secrets, Politics and Torture (2015)
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The Man Who Knew (2002)
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Karl Rove: The Architect (2005)
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