One of the most powerful moments in “Boys State” is when Steven Garza stands up to give his speech for the gubernatorial nomination for the Nationalist Party and ends up captivating the room. It was a shocking moment for the film’s co-director, Amanda McBaine. “We didn’t know he had that capacity and to see someone actually find their voice and just like, have it lock in and, you know, it’s like being in a concert,” she tells Gold Derby in our Meet the Experts: Documentary and Nonfiction panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). It even left a mark on their executive producer, Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim, when he saw it while reviewing dailies. “We wanted them to feel it while they were watching it and he jumped on top of his chair, like he jumped up and we thought, ‘That’s a good sign.'”
“Boys State,...
“Boys State,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol underscored the precarious state of American democracy in a time of deep political polarization. But the Emmy-contending Apple Original Film Boys State offers some hope that bridging ideological differences remains a possibility.
The documentary directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine focuses on an annual program in Texas where more than 1,000 high school boys gather for an exercise in mock government. Serious political differences emerge between the participants, but at least they keep engaged with each other.
“We went into the project with a question, which is can we find common ground in America?” Moss said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “We thought Texas Boys State…would be a perfect laboratory to explore this question we’re all asking ourselves—what is our future as a country? Are we going to descend into civil war or find ways to work together?...
The documentary directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine focuses on an annual program in Texas where more than 1,000 high school boys gather for an exercise in mock government. Serious political differences emerge between the participants, but at least they keep engaged with each other.
“We went into the project with a question, which is can we find common ground in America?” Moss said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “We thought Texas Boys State…would be a perfect laboratory to explore this question we’re all asking ourselves—what is our future as a country? Are we going to descend into civil war or find ways to work together?...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Every year, the American Legion sponsors high school boys as they’re given a crash course on American politics. In 2017, Boys State (as it is known) made national news when Texas voted to secede from the union — shining a spotlight on the event.
Filmmaker Jesse Moss (“The Overnighters”) read an article in The Washington Post and was soon on a plane with fellow filmmaker Amanda McBaine, following Ben Feinstein, Steven Garza, Robert MacDougall and René Otero as they participated in the mock election.
“Boys State,” now streaming on Apple TV Plus provides an insight into the minds of these four teenage boys – some jaded, some optimistic — who hope to pursue a career in politics. Moss, McBaine and editor Jeff Gilbert spoke to Variety about “Boys State.”
Boy’s State is commonly known as offering a better perspective of the practical operation of government — where did the idea for this begin?...
Filmmaker Jesse Moss (“The Overnighters”) read an article in The Washington Post and was soon on a plane with fellow filmmaker Amanda McBaine, following Ben Feinstein, Steven Garza, Robert MacDougall and René Otero as they participated in the mock election.
“Boys State,” now streaming on Apple TV Plus provides an insight into the minds of these four teenage boys – some jaded, some optimistic — who hope to pursue a career in politics. Moss, McBaine and editor Jeff Gilbert spoke to Variety about “Boys State.”
Boy’s State is commonly known as offering a better perspective of the practical operation of government — where did the idea for this begin?...
- 8/29/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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