Dutch politics is all about consensus–which is one reason Dutch people find American politics so bizarre. The shooting in Arizona of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last month–in which 6 people were murdered–brought new attention to the crisis underlying American politics. A special screening of a documentary that explores the great political divide that threatens to pull America apart. In “Split: A Divided America,” filmmaker Kelly Nyks travels the U.S., asking ordinary people and political leaders the same series of questions about the country and its values…and gets very different answers.
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