My Friend, The Mayor; Small-town Politics in the Age of Trump
Directed by Max Westerman
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Sean O. StrubSelf
Max WestermanSelf
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Max Westerman
- Editor
- Roeland van der Manden
- Producer
- Max Westerman