FRONTLINE Acquires “Antidote”

THU., APRIL 10 — On Tuesday, May 6, FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, will present the U.S. broadcast premiere of the internationally acclaimed documentary Antidote — a stunning and immersive look at the cost of opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

From Emmy Award-winning filmmaker James Jones (On the President’s Orders; Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes) and produced by BAFTA Award-winning Passion Pictures, Antidote chronicles the lives of Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian investigative journalist whose reporting has exposed hundreds of Russian spies, assassins, and those involved in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny; and Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of prominent political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was poisoned twice and sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison. 

The feature documentary lays bare the grave consequences that come with speaking out against the Putin regime, revealing the threats Grozev, Kara-Murza and their families face as they seek to expose the actions of the Kremlin to the world. 

Winner of Best Editing in a Feature Documentary at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, Antidote comes to FRONTLINE on the heels of an acclaimed international film festival circuit. The Guardian calls it “essential viewing” and The Hollywood Reporter calls Antidote “A real life thriller”. 

Antidote is a Passion Pictures and Bellingcat Production for FRONTLINE in association with Impact Partners, Channel 4 and M4 Studio. 

“I am so thrilled to be working with FRONTLINE again, more than a decade since we made our first film together. FRONTLINE has always been the gold standard of documentaries and they’ve become pioneers of cinematic investigative journalism,” says Jones. “At this critical moment in history we could not have better partners to work with to bring this film to American viewers.”

“We are proud to share this important feature documentary with American audiences on FRONTLINE, and to continue offering in-depth journalism on Putin’s Russia on air, online and in theaters,” says FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath.

Antidote will be available to watch at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App starting May 6, 2025, at 7/6c. It will premiere on PBS stations (check local listings) and on FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel that night at 10/9c and will also be available on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel. Prior to the film’s premiere on FRONTLINE, Antidote will have a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, California.

Subscribe to FRONTLINE’s newsletter to get updates on events, podcast episodes and more related to Antidote. Credits Antidote is a Passion Pictures and Bellingcat Production for FRONTLINE in association with Impact Partners, Channel 4 and M4 Studio. The director and producer is James Jones. The production executive is Tom Cross. The co-producer is Vivien Jones. The senior producer is Dan Edge. The co-executive producers are Lauren Haber and Kelsey Koenig. The executive producers are Jim & Susan Swartz; Nina & David Fialkow; Maiken Baird; Jens Von Bahr; John Driscoll; Molly & Kevin Efrusy; Jenny Raskin; Geralyn White Dreyfous; Joanna Potts; Nevine Mabro; Louisa Compton; Hamish Fergusson; Andrew Ruhemann; Fiona Stourton; and David Moulton. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath. About FRONTLINE FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling. FRONTLINE has won an Academy Award® as well as every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 108 Emmy Awards and 34 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to learn more. FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.

About PASSION PICTURES

Passion Pictures is a triple Academy Award-winning independent production studio with a global reputation for ground-breaking, thought-provoking, and impactful documentaries. The company produced Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story which won the BAFTA for best Documentary 2025

Passion has produced over 90 documentaries including One Day in September, Searching for Sugarman, The Territory and most recently Murder in the Skies: Who Downed MH17, Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar and Helmand: Tour of Duty.

Passion’s Oscar and BAFTA-winning work with partners including Netflix, National Geographic, Channel 4 and the BBC has been selected at Sundance, Telluride, Tribeca, CPH:Dox and festivals worldwide.

www.passion-pictures.com

Press Contacts FRONTLINE: Anne Husted, Dir. Marketing & Communications 617.300.5312 | frontlinemedia@wgbh.org 

Passion Pictures: Sam Gray, Group Head of Communications +44 (0)7835767548 | samuelg@passion-pictures.com