Split: A Divided America (2008)

Original title

Split : A Deeper Divide

Directed by

Kelly Nyks

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores why Americans are so politically divided. It looks at factors like religion, wealth, media, and campaigning that push people apart.

analyticalsoberinformativereflectivebalancedseriousthought-provoking

What happens

Split: A Divided America is a documentary film about partisan divides in American society. It examines perceived political divides between red and blue states, Conservatives and Liberals, and Republicans and Democrats from the perspective of cultural factors, including religion, urbanization, race, wealth, the modern media, contemporary campaigning strategies, and the "deterioration of civil discourse in our political experience". Kelly Nyks directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the film with co-writer Peter Hutchison and Jeff Beard. The cast includes several real life political and media figures, including Bruce Bartlett, Tucker Carlson, Noam Chomsky, Thomas Frank, Al Franken, Jesse Jackson, Sharon Pratt Kelly, Norm Ornstein, Robert Putnam, and others. The documentary was broadcast domestically on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) and was distributed to classrooms nationwide in collaboration with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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