Boys State (2020)

Directed by

Jesse Moss

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Thousands of teenage boys gather in Texas for a weeklong mock government program called Boys State. The documentary follows several participants as they form political parties, campaign, and attempt to build a functioning democracy from scratch.

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What happens

Boys State is a 2020 American documentary film directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. It follows a thousand teenage boys attending Boys State in Texas, coming to build a representative government from the ground up. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, where it won the U.S. Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize. It was released on Apple TV+ on August 14, 2020, by A24 and Apple. In 2024, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine released the companion film Girls State, which follows the 2022 Girls State Program in Missouri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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