Plot introduction
Everysummer,teenagegirlsfromacrossMissourispendaweekbuildingagovernmentfromthegroundup.Comingfromdifferentendsofthepoliticalandsocioeconomicspectrum,theyallshareapassionforreimaginingthefutureofAmerica.ThefilmmakersbehindBoysState(T/F2020)returntotheworldofteenpoliticstocapturethe2022program–thefirsttimeinhistorythatGirlsStateandBoysStatetakeplacesimultaneouslyonthesamecampus.WithrumorsofRoev.Wadebeingoverturnedintherealworld,thestakesfeelhigherthaneverfortheseambitiousanddedicatedyoungwomen.AsthedaysunfoldandrumblingsfromtheBoysprogrammaketheirwayacrosscampus,discontentbeginstoemergeoverthedisparitiesbetweenthetwo.Anexhilaratingportraitofourpoliticallandscapeandthepivotalissueofgenderequality.
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