Above: Scott Anger, still image from America and the Taliban, 2023. Courtesy of PBS FRONTLINE .
Angels Gate artist Scott Anger’s latest documentary film series, America and the Taliban, will broadcast on PBS FRONTLINE on April 4th, 11th, and 25th. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and U.S. officials, this epic three-part investigation traces the missteps and consequences spanning America’s longest war. Scott served as the co-producer and director of photography on the film.
Scott has been reporting on Afghanistan since the Taliban first held power in the late 1990s. Working as a radio journalist at the time, he opened one of only five foreign news bureaus allowed to operate under the strict regime in Kabul.
Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Scott has shot and helped produce three other films for FRONTLINE about the war: Obama’s War, Return of the Taliban, and In Search of Al Qaeda.