My Friend, The Mayor; Small-town Politics in the Age of Trump

When a liberal, openly gay/HIV+ man tells Dutch journalist Max Westerman he is running for mayor in a conservative Trump-supporting town in Pennsylvania, Westerman wants to know if his friend is crazy or if there is something about small-town America he doesn't understand. The result is a funny and poignant film showing how democracy can work at the local level in the age of Trump.

Directed by Max Westerman

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Cast

Sean O. Strub

Self

Max Westerman

Self

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

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