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Boys State (2020)

PG-13 | | Documentary | 14 August 2020 (USA)
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A thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up.
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A thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up.

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3 July 2020 | by sryals-39060See all my reviews

I have yet to see this movie but I hope to. What the mouth-breathing reviewers posting on here fail to realize is Boys State is a real thing in ALL 50 states and is selected and sponsored by the American Legion. There is also Girls State that achieves the same purpose and is sponsored and selected by the American Legion Auxiliary. It teaches leadership, compromise, and the fundamentals of civics education, but none of those seem to matter now, only people's feelings and how much they're hurt. I don't know about now but it used to be highly regarded by college entrance committees.


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