An American Pastoral

"[T]his urgent, absorbing documentary should be required viewing for those, inside or outside the United States, who are struggling to make sense of the recent presidential election. It will also speak to anyone interested in the battle over books and gender issues that has been raging for some time now in the American educational sector."

"A timely and trenchant observation of school board politics. This strictly non-interventional documentary... offers no narration or commentary on a fraught face-off between ideologically moderate Democrats and a local Republican Party steered by far-right Christian nationalism. Instead, Edler’s calmly watchful film — sure to travel... on the strength of its sharp gaze and topical heft — trusts in viewers to see the national forest for the trees."