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2009 Official Selections

What’s the Matter With Kansas?

What's the Matter with Kansas? plunges viewers into the heart of Middle America, which twice helped elect George W. Bush. Angel Dillard helps run the most popular booth at the Kansas State Fair: Kansans For Life. She's a lifelong Republican activist. Brittany Barden is a tireless veteran of several rounds of Republican campaigns. Her mission is to return America to its roots as “a Christian nation.” She’s 18 years old. Donn Teske describes himself as “a red-neck Kansas farmer.” He also says corporate greed is “not very Christian.” He fights to save his family farm and others like it. Angel and Brittany both attend Terry Fox’s 6,000-member Immanuel Baptist Church in Wichita. Fox thunders from his pulpit denouncements of gay marriage, abortion and liberal politicians. He urges his flock to vote on the eve of the midterm elections. Then, the winds of change blow across Kansas.

Runtime: 90 minutes

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