Under Pressure – Trump’s Fractured America

Just a two-and-a-half-hour drive apart and yet two different worlds: Washington, D.C. and Piedmont, West Virginia.

While President Trump 2.0 fuels fear and unease in the liberal capital, Appalachia’s “Coal Country” clings to hopes of a long-promised economic revival. Over the course of a year, the film observes how politics takes shape in everyday life: as a threat, as a promise, and as disappointment. A portrait emerges of a nation in a state of emergency. Closely following people in their communities, this documentary captures their lived realities and experiences. Experts on history, democracy studies and the Christian conservative movement provide context and offer a glimpse of what is yet to come.