New Documentary ‘American Chaos’ Seeks to Listen to Trump Supporters
Six months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, director James Stern began touring the red states of America to understand the support behind Donald Trump. This turned into his new documentary, American Chaos, which gives us a glimpse into the nature of our politically divisive times.
A self-professed “political junkie”, James D. Stern is a film producer and sometime director, involved with movies as varied as Looper and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. His previous documentaries focused on sports (Linsanity, Michael Jordan to the Max) and politics (… So Goes the Nation).
Believing that “people in blue states don’t understand people in red states,” Stern embarked on a journey to bridge that gap.
His film crew traveled from Florida to Arizona, West Virginia to the 2016 GOP Convention in Cleveland, putting Trump backers on camera and primarily listening to them without judgment.
As the movie trailer pointed out, the major themes from Trump’s campaign that resonated with his supporters were immigration, security, gun control and jobs.
The documentary features various interviews from an Arizona rancher to direct descendants of the Hatfields and McCoys to an out-of-work West Virginia coal miner who wanted Trump’s opponent Hillary Clinton executed for treason.
Often, the interviewees cite Clinton’s alleged immorality as a leading cause for their distrust of her. Others deem the allegations against Trump’s character as simply unfounded.
Many supporters say that they felt seen and heard at last by Trump’s campaign, employing the now-familiar sentiment that he “says things that a lot of Americans think.”
Stern also employs some commentary from academic experts to weigh in on the psychology behind these supporters, and seems to express his own bent, pondering if Trump’s voters believe that their current president is pushing us “to the brink”.
The documentary also comments on a seeming desire for many of interviewees “to go back in time,” to the pre-integration, coal consuming, pre-immigration flood, binge-buying 1950s.
American Chaos premieres in theaters September 14.
Why bother? They have no common sense at all.
Vote blue stop the madness and criminals an Russia
SABRINA B…SWEETEE…YOU RIGHT…VOTE BLUE…OUR BEST CHANCE TO SAVE THE USA…
dumbing down of society is clearly working
Trump supporters aren’t worth talking too !
Trump supporters are too deep into his butt for any logical conversations to take place. They will never return from that trip. ?
Fk them
WTF the Ignorants can’t see the truth nor common senses either cuz they got a full of Swiss cheese holes in their brain!!
Great can’t wait to see this one. It should be hilarious as they try to explain how he makes sense
A ROCK IS A ROCK YOU CANT TALK TO A ROCK EITHER THERES NOTHING THERE SOLID ROCK.
Cult45 can’t be swayed
Pauline LaVonne Baker-Jackson Cult 45, good one ??
Oh look s fat man just like Trump
I can’t listen to them….I don’t speak gibberish.
STUPIDITY ABOUNDS!!!!
These people have mental issues.
The people who make it so we can’t have nice things.
Why?
I just wish they didn’t have to find support in someone like Trump.
Unfortunately, the man elected is using what he knows as a need to enrich himself and others who pull his strings. The question is; WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR THE AVERAGE WORKER?
Judy Metcalf
Here are a few of the accomplishments and actions of the president for the people of the United States.
Kyle Volkmann most of these are not plusses…look them up and read about the ramifications. Dodd-Frank for one.
Hey Judy, racheal madcow is a liar!
Brian Elder hey Brian, trump is a liar, over 4000 since taking office.
Why?
Trumpanzee is what they are.
Trumptards.
“New documentary seeks to listen to Hitler supporters” would be the headline in 1933 Germany
Just say they are parading their stupidity
Wait until they get their, s s checks, and insurance cut.
Betty Major u r a hateful old Democrat
Sharon Ruebhausen but not blind, deaf and dumb. I also will not fly a natzi or Confederate flag.
Judy Metcalf
I’m going to show you 4 charts that were presented at the White House briefing last Tuesday.
This was presented and explained by a government economist.
Here is graph 1
Judy Metcalf
The Blue Line shows Obama’s economy.
The red line shows what is happening with President Trump’s economy.
The blue dotted line shows the path of Obama’s economy if Trump and not interjected his changes
Chart 2
Judy Metcalf
If you will look at the data and listen to the report by The Economist it is clear that millions of new jobs have been created with a very large number of them being high paying. Almost all groups in the USA have benefited from his actions and are having record low unemployment.
Chart 3
Judy Metcalf
If you do not like what President Trump has done and you want the economy based on the blue line vote Democrat.
If you want more of the continuing economic success and you like the red line better vote Republican.
I hope I have given you the information so you can better understand the accomplishments of our current president.
respectfully submitted
Fk Donald Trump
NOT SUSRE I WANT TO LISTEN TO THEM.
I know my blood pressure will go up if I do.
Who wants to listen to a bunch of morons?