BREAKDOWN IN MAINE
A Frontline investigation into how Robert Card, an Army reserve serviceman with a history of mental health issues, repeated threats of violence, undiagnosed brain damage, and an array of weapons killed 18 people in Maine’s worst mass shooting.
Through intimate interviews with Card’s friends, family members, and local law enforcement, Breakdown in Maine unravels the missteps that led to the tragedy and asks the question: could one of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. also have been one of the most preventable?
A collaboration with Maine Public and The Portland Press Herald
Written by James Blue & Bronwyn Berry
Directed by Bronwyn Berry
Produced by James Blue
Read about Breakdown in the Portland Press Herald
Listen to Maine Public’s podcast: Breakdown: Turning Anguish into Action
Boston Globe review: “Frontline” Explores the Leadup to the Lewiston Massacre
“Frontline” does a fine job documenting the astonishing failure of law enforcement, the Army Reserve, hospitals, and Card’s friends and family members to restrict his access to guns and get him the mental health treatment he obviously needed… to see and hear it all laid out is compelling… ”
