Bay Area filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss learned early in their filming that the Supreme Court was going to strike down abortion rights.
Members of an American Legion leadership/government program gather in a scene from “Girls State,” a new documentary debuting April 5 on Apple TV_+.Bay Area filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss knew during the inception stage of “Boys State” that they would follow up their 2020 documentary — which centered on four young men participating in a weeklong American Legion leadership program that calls for forming a mock government — with an equivalent feature on the girls’ program.
“We knew abortion was something that was going to be discussed,” McBaine recalls. “It always is at every Girls State and some Boys States too. But I think we couldn’t have known how emotional it was going to be for all these girls, particularly in Missouri, which has a trigger law . So they knew the consequences of that overturn were going to be pretty momentous.”
“There’s a lot that’s different about what we filmed this time than last, partly because we’re four years further on in a polarized country,” McBaine explains. “And partly because female representation has never been what it should be.” “It’s so interesting how many in this age group do not identify yet as a Democrat or Republican partly because they haven’t been forced to check a box on the ballot yet,” McBaine said. “So they really identify as independents, maybe even that’s a label – or they just a la carte their politics in really interesting ways. I love the freedom that they feel.”
“I think Emily’s discovery is our discovery,” Moss said. “I’m shocked that the programs have different levels of funding. I shouldn’t be … .
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