Every year, the American Legion sponsors high school boys as they’re given a crash course on American politics.
In 2017, Boys State (as it is known) made national news when Texas voted to secede from the union — shining a spotlight on the event.Filmmaker Jesse Moss (“The Overnighters”) read an article in The Washington Post and was soon on a plane with fellow filmmaker Amanda McBaine, following Ben Feinstein, Steven Garza, Robert MacDougall and René Otero as they participated in the mock election.“Boys State,” now streaming on Apple TV Plus provides an insight into the minds of these four teenage boys – some jaded, some optimistic — who hope to pursue a career in politics.
Moss, McBaine and editor Jeff Gilbert spoke to Variety about “Boys State.”Boy’s State is commonly known as offering a better perspective of the practical operation of government — where did the idea for this begin?
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