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Boys State [Opens Aug. 14 in virtual cinema on AppleTV+.] A poignant, engaging, critically acclaimed, fascinating, informative, inspirational, thought-provoking, 109-minute, 2018 documentary that focuses on a diverse group of smart, politically-astute, Texas high school students, including Robert MacDougall, Steven Garza, Ben Feinstein, and René Otero, who travel to Austin, Texas, in 2018 with about 1,100 other seventeen-year-old seniors to learn the ins and outs of politics and to build a mock state government from the grassroots and during the educational, one-week Texas Boys State program sponsored by the American Legion each student decides on whether to join the Federalist or Nationalist party, to run for various public offices (such as governor, mayor, district attorney, attorney general, and city council), to organize a campaign that includes giving speeches and attending debates about your chosen platform (e.g., gun control, abortion rights, and immigration), to attend your party's respective convention, and finally to vote for the top office of governor during the election.
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