Join Apple Original Films and A24 for a free one night only drive-in screening event of Sundance winner BOYS STATE
Boys State was the winner of the US Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film takes a wildly entertaining and continually revealing immersive look into a week-long annual program organized by the American Legion in which a thousand Texas high school seniors gather for an elaborate mock exercise: building their own state government. Critics are hailing it as one of the best films of the year.
“The best and punchiest documentary so far this year... Forget who wins or loses, Boys State is about that promise of change in the air. And it’s exhilarating.”
- Rolling Stone, Peter Travers
"5 out of 5 stars... An amazing spectacle.”
- The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw
The sensational winner of the Grand Jury Prize for documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Boys State is a wildly entertaining and continually revealing immersion into a week-long annual program in which a thousand Texas high school seniors gather for an elaborate mock exercise: building their own state government. Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine closely track the escalating tensions that arise within a particularly riveting gubernatorial race, training their cameras on unforgettable teenagers like Ben, a Reagan-loving arch-conservative who brims with confidence despite personal setbacks, and Steven, a progressive-minded child of Mexican immigrants who stands by his convictions amidst the sea of red. In the process, they have created a complex portrait of contemporary American masculinity, as well as a microcosm of our often dispiriting national political divisions that nevertheless manages to plant seeds of hope.
An Apple Original Films and A24 release.
DIRECTED BY:
Jesse Moss and Amanda McBain
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