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Based on the Thomas Frank's best-seller, What's the Matter with Kansas? shows how Kansas transformed from an outpost of radicalism to a bastion of hard-core conservatism. Unforgettable characters and their stories shed new light on our nation's political divide.

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Get Involved–Organize a Screening Today!

Get Involved–Organize a Screening Today!

This fall, as national attention turns to the mid-term elections, understanding the conservative movement, who is in it, where they come from, and what they want - is more important than ever. A screening of What's the Matter with Kansas? is the perfect tool to energize the conversation, get beyond the shouting and the stereotypes and engage people in a way that can make a difference.

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One of the Ten Best Documentaries of 2009

One of the Ten Best Documentaries of 2009

Roger Ebert just named his Ten Best Documentaries of the year, and “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” made the list!  Of course all of us who made the movie are thrilled and honored.  (His original review is here.)  Ebert is quick to note, though, that like a lot of his favorite docs, very few people have seen ours yet: Some of the best documentaries of 2009 hardly seemed to exist. (...)

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Village Voice gives the thumbs up

Village Voice gives the thumbs up

The movie opens in New York tonight, and the Village Voice weighs in: The subtle structure and elegant editing build to the pointed insight that the vast gulf in the country isn’t between right and left but between secular and religious. (...)

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NYC: Thomas Frank & Barbara Ehrenreich at Borders Park Ave. 7/28/10

NYC: Thomas Frank & Barbara Ehrenreich at Borders Park Ave. 7/28/10

UPDATED 7/24/10 – Barbara Ehrenreich will join Thomas Frank for this special event! (...)

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