When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply felt conviction that somewhere, shrouded in the din of talk shows and tabloid headlines, they'd discover the real America, alive and well in all of its regions and demographics.
Acting
Hunter S. Thompson's unhinged wisdom—holding court in his kitchen.
Direction
Raw, unpolished intimacy that big-budget docs can't fake.

Director
Kristin Hahn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot pre-internet, pre-9/11, pre-Trump—it's a document of American optimism's last gasp before irony ate everything.