The Candidates (2018)

Since 1996 the students of a Queens public high school have staged an elaborate mock presidential election for an entire semester simulating the American electoral process against the backdrop of the real one In 2016 UkranianAmerican Daniel hams it up as a cocky Donald Trump while PakistaniAmerican Misbah an observant Muslim portrays Hillary Clinton with alsorans like earthy Jill Stein thrown in for good measure As the students reenact the rigors of the divisive political campaign hard truths about politics are revealed yet hope lives on