Directed and produced by Daniel Gordon, the two-hour film chronicles the disaster, the investigations, and their lingering effects; it also includes interviews with survivors, victims' relatives, police officers and investigators.
Hillsborough aired in the United States on ESPN on 15 April 2014, the 25th anniversary of the disaster.
[1][2] The documentary could not be shown in the United Kingdom when it originally aired in 2014, due to the High Court inquest of 2012 still being in progress.
In 2012, the Hillsborough Independent Panel released its report and established an archive of media relating to the disaster.
[3] Gordon's film draws on this newly available evidence to describe the events of 15 April 1989, as well as their causes and their consequences.