Steven Garza, Robert Macdougal, Ben Feinstein, Rene OteroEvery summer, more than 1,000 teens swarm the Texas capitol building to attend Boys State, the annual American Legion-sponsored leadership conference where these incipient politicians divide into rival parties, the Nationalists and the Federalists, and attempt to build a mock government from the ground up.
How many cameras running simultaneously must it have taken to blanket-cover such an event? At times, “Boys State” had as many as seven people filming, splitting up into half a dozen separate units to track the movie’s various subjects — or, in the case of important voting sessions, to document key moments from multiple angles at once, so those scenes might cut together like a well-choreographed, single-camera scripted drama.
From the sidelines, Texas Boys State looks very white and sounds awfully right-wing, but the documentary gravitates to more diverse subjects, like African American teen Rene Otero, a Chicago transplant who quips, “I’ve never seen so white people ever.” Safe to say, most of these kids haven’t seen anyone like him either, as the extrovert — who is chosen party chair of the Nationalists early on, only to endure talk of impeachment from his detractors — swiftly takes a leadership role.
As the week unfolds, “Boys State” editor Jeff Gilbert focuses the sprawling event into a single compelling narrative. There are talent shows and legislative sessions, both of which get a bit of screen time in passing, but it’s the outcome of the gubernatorial election that takes center stage.
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