The Swamp (2020)

Directed by

Daniel DiMauro, Morgan Pehme

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

18

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three Republican congressmen as they navigate the fundraising and political culture of Capitol Hill in 2019. It shows their reactions to major political events and their outsider stance against the dominant party patronage system.

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What happens

The Swamp is a 2020 American documentary film about the fundraising and political culture on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Released in August 2020 on HBO, it chronicles the activities of three Republican congressmen. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ken Buck of Colorado are portrayed as outsiders to the dominant party patronage system. The film takes place largely in 2019 and chronicles their reactions to the biggest political stories of that year along with commentary on the political climate of Washington D.C. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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