This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.
Direction
Access so intimate you'll forget it's not scripted.
Editing
Political thriller pacing on real teenagers.
Director
Jesse Moss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The directors filmed the actual 2018 Texas Boys State; no reenactments, no planted drama. These kids really did this to themselves.
Steven Garza later ran for actual Texas State House in 2022, proving the documentary's terrifying thesis: this is genuinely how American politicians are made.
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