Sundance darling Boys State is arriving this week to Apple TV+, and the Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary looks to stun every viewer.
In what many will see as a strange look into American politics, Boys State follows 1,100 boys as they head to Austin, TX, for a yearly tradition of building their own state government and seeing which one will be elected Governor.
Check out the trailer here…
“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.”
