In small-town Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, a chilling political transformation unfolds as Christian nationalist candidates campaign for control of the local school board in this riveting observational documentary. Following the resignation of four moderate Republicans, a vacuum emerges that far-right activists fill eagerly, targeting LGBTQ+ literature and championing white-supremacist ideologies beneath a veneer of upholding religious values. The film bears witness to increasingly tense school-board meetings, neighbourhood canvassing and church gatherings, where competing worldviews never intersect. A paper-thin layer of civility barely conceals the undercurrents of distrust and fear gripping this community. Most striking is the absence of student voices as adults fiercely debate their educational future, yellow school buses and quiet hallways serving as poignant visual reminders of who stand to lose the most. This haunting portrait of democracy's fragility in the United States in 2023 reveals how public education has become a front line in an escalating culture war that threatens to redefine a generation. Gugi Gumilang.
Content Warning: Inflammatory and hurtful language. Anti LGBTQ+ sentiments.
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