Startingsixmonthsbeforethe2016presidentialelection,directorJimSternputhislifeonholdand--driventounderstandwhatseemedincomprehensibleatthetime--traveledthroughredstatestointerviewandspendtimewithDonaldTrumpsupportersfromdifferentbackgrounds.Itwasasearchforinsightsandanswers,foranythingthatcouldexplainthebillionairessurgingappealandwhythesevotersremaineduntroubledbysomanytroublingthingsthecandidatehadsaidanddone.ThisjourneybecamehisHeartofDarknessintotheAmericanbodypoliticataprofoundlycriticalpointinourhistory.Andthefilmhereturnedwith,AMERICANCHAOS,shedsuniquelightondifficultissuesroilingthenation--chroniclingaculturaldivide,stilldangerouslymisunderstood,thatcontinuestotearatthefabricofourdemocracy.
