The Division Among Us (2022)
One of the most critical explanations of our political state is how Americans have seemingly split themselves into where they live by their political preferences (Klein, 2020). Using this knowledge, I focus on recent events in American politics to test this rural-urban divide. I interview six participants, three from a rural community, two from an urban community, and one from a suburban community. In these interviews, and in a supplemental survey, I ask how these citizens feel about the 2020 election, the events of January 6th and the current state of American democracy. To fully showcase this research, I use these interviews to create a documentary . The interviews and survey illustrate that the rural-urban divide continues to be a good predictor of political opinion, with rural participants tending to be more forgiving of, or even uninterested in, the insurrection.
Director: Michael Gargano
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Jackson Frank as Self |
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Michael Goff as Self |
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Nate Heiman as Self |
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Joanna Kenniburg as Self |
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Katie Weeks as Self |
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Jerry West as Self |
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Kim Baez as Narrator |
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Seth Weeks as Narrator |
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Michael Gargano as Narrator |
| Writing | Michael Gargano | Writer |
| Crew | Luke Wysoglad | Cinematography |
| Crew | Kyle Licar | Cinematography |
| Editing | Michael Gargano | Editor |
| Directing | Michael Gargano | Director |
