Six people of color are asked a direct question - Do you know how to swim?

Sean, a doubtful eighth-grade confirmation student, and Mara, a sophomore who's sworn off religious practice, reconnect after breaking a statue of the Virgin Mary while cleaning a church.

Kenzie and Treyden, a couple who’ve been swept up in a whirlwind six-month romance, find themselves confronting a painful question: Has their love story come to an end?

Georgia spends each winter as part of a mysterious all-female commune whose members commit to a subsistence lifestyle and take a vow of silence.

When her dog is struck by a speeding car in front of her home, Susan petitions the town board for a stop sign.

In 2020, Chloe Maxmin, a 28-year-old climate activist, became the youngest woman elected to the state senate in Maine history. Chloe and her campaign manager, Canyon Woodward, rewrote the strategy for progressive success in rural America and won two campaigns in red districts where they were expected to lose. Rural Runners follows Chloe and Canyon on the campaign trail alongside Canyon’s burgeoning rise as a champion ultra-distance runner. Their approach rehumanizes our deeply divided political system, offering hope and a path toward a healthier democracy.