A French teen + a GoPro + Trump's America = the realest coming-of-age story you'll binge.
22 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestElection Day has passed, and Trump is coming back to power in an eerily calm America. Max learns how the MAGA ideology is affecting the country as his US trip soon comes to an end.
At 16, Max left with dreams and a GoPro slung over his shoulder for an exchange program at a high school in Oklahoma. Since then, Donald Trump has become president, the Capitol has been stormed, and abortion bans have gained ground. On the eve of Trump’s second term, Max goes back to see his friends to understand what their journeys reveal about the evolution of American society.
Direction
Max's self-shot intimacy feels like stolen diaries.
Editing
2019 innocence vs. 2025 dread, brutally juxtaposed.
Creator
Max Laulom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot across two Trump eras, it accidentally became a longitudinal study of Gen Z political formation — like 'Hoop Dreams' but for democracy.
Max funded early episodes by selling vintage French cinema posters; the GoPro was a graduation gift he nearly broke in a tornado chase in episode 2.
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