The Movie of the Year Is Here: ‘Boys State’

The Big Picture

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4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Amanda and Sean dive deep into the year’s most provocative and entertaining film, the documentary ‘Boys State,’ an intimate portrait of the summer program that has produced some of the most compelling figures in recent American political history (1:08). Then, Sean is joined by ‘Boys State’ codirectors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss to talk about the casting and production of their extraordinary movie (34:54). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of The Big Picture is brought to you by an American Pickle.
0:04.1	An American Pickle stars Seth Rogan as 1920s factory worker Herschel Greenbaum and his
0:08.5	great-grandson Ben.
0:09.8	When Herschel falls into a vat of Pickles, he is perfectly preserved for 100 years and
0:13.3	emerges in present-day Brooklyn.
0:16.0	An American Pickle tells the uniquely heartwarming story of Herschel and Ben as they learn the
0:18.9	meaning of family.
0:19.9	Stream the new Max original and American Pickle now only on HBO Max, rated PG-13.
0:30.0	I'm Sean Fennese.
0:35.0	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:37.2	And this is The Big Picture a conversation show about the best movie I've seen in 2020.
0:42.6	And that movie is called Boy State.
0:45.0	What is Boy State?
0:46.0	Well, it's a documentary.
0:48.0	It is now available on Apple TV Plus and I thought it would be appropriate for us to
0:51.5	just talk about this film, which I think is fascinating and incredible document of
0:56.4	life in 2020 in many ways, specifically the way that we engage with our political system.
1:01.4	Amanda, I wanted to talk to you about it because I know that you like the film as well.
1:05.5	We're going to talk a bit about what Boy State is, the institution, and also what this
1:09.6	movie is and how it captures it.
1:11.2	But what did you make of it off the top?
1:13.8	So you saw this movie at Sundance as did our colleague Noah Malila and you both raped
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