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Documentaries like Boys State

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The 3 reasons people love Boys State

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  1. You like watching a campaign get won and lost up close.

  2. You like teenagers learning who they are under pressure.

  3. You want real boys, not actors, making real choices.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • American: The Bill Hicks Story2010

    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

  • Knock Down the House2019

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before anyone knew her name.

  • Fahrenheit 11/92018

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.

  • Pray Away2021

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want the true story of conversion therapy told by those who led it.

  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • Citizenfour2014

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.

  • I Am Greta2020

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • teenagers learning who they are under pressure
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want to see Greta Thunberg up close, away from the cameras.

  • Inequality for All2013

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want the American wealth gap explained in plain terms.

  • Weiner2016

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you like a camera that keeps rolling while a campaign falls apart.

  • The Unknown Known2013

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close

    Good for you if you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself.

  • 9/11: Inside the President's War Room2021

    • watching a campaign get won and lost up close
    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you like hearing decisions told by the people who made them.

  • The Trial of the Chicago 72020

    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want to understand a real trial from the Vietnam era.

  • Hoop Dreams1994

    • real boys, not actors, making real choices

    Good for you if you want real lives followed over five years, with no script.

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