An anthology of shorts exploring the biggest issues in the United States today.

Terence Smith, who as drag queen Joan Jett Blakk made a historic bid for the White House in 1992 as one of the first openly queer write-in candidates, reflects back on his place in gay-rights history at the height of the AIDS crisis.

The Beauty President

At the early-voting line in Ohio’s most populous county, civic duty is made public.

Party Line

The pulse of America is taken in Sawyer County, Wis., in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election.

Sawyer County, 2020

In the wake of the 2015 Charleston Massacre, a battle erupts in Orangeburg, S.C., between the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and the owner of an ice-cream shop who is forced to fly the Confederate flag in his parking lot.

Meltdown in Dixie

The story of East Liverpool, Ohio, and how it went from a shining example of an American town to the center of the opioid epidemic.

Still Home

United States of America

Doc Shorts: American Politics

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2021 St. Louis International Film Festival

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