Steven Garza
Garza is a University of Texas at Austin student and the star of the political coming-of-age story “Boys State,” which won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
A Conversation with the Filmmakers and Star of “Boys State” with Alamo On Demand
Description
Boys State is a political coming-of-age story that examines the health of American democracy through an unusual experiment: A thousand 17-year-old boys from across Texas gather together to build a representative government from the ground up. This film is directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss.
This session was available to ticket holders of the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival for the duration of the monthlong event.
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This screening is presented in partnership with Alamo on Demand and sponsored by AT&T.
Speakers
Amanda McBaine
McBaine is the co-director and producer of the political coming of age story “Boys State,” which won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. She also produced “The Overnighters,” a 2014 documentary film short listed for best documentary feature at the Oscars.
Jesse Moss
Moss is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. He is the co-director of the political coming of age story “Boys State,” which won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Moss also wrote, directed and produced “The Overnighters,” a 2014 documentary film short listed for best documentary feature at the Oscars. He teaches filmmaking at San Francisco State University.
