Children of Darkwood House

Wisconsin has been perhaps the most vital of Swing States in the last elections. This doc series is the only one to ask Wisconsinites about those races, and whether friendship is still possible there. America, in general, and Wisconsin, in particular, have seen politics drift to alarming extremes, with cries from one side of "Neo-Fascism," and cries of "Neo-Marxism" from the other. With the heart seemingly growing cold across the country (perpetuating a vicious cycle of fake news, vile accusations and outright violence), one wonders if the road to friendship is an idealistic concept of a Mayberry long gone. In this sequel to SWING STATE, we literally hit the road to Friendship (a small village in the center of America's Dairyland), to see if old fashioned neighborliness is still attainable in this deeply fractured nation. We visit a handful of other places along the way (as we did in Part 1 of the Series), including Janesville, Beloit, Mauston and Milwaukee. We meet some outliers, if you will, who counter the philosophy that one side needs to crush the other (as was the case in the first Civil War), and actually strive for meaningful discussion, peace and reconciliation. Sooner or later, we will have to come back together again, in order for America to survive as we know it. In SWING STATE, The Road To Friendship, we witness some authentic attempts at reaching that long-forgotten concept called The Brotherhood of Man. —Bryan Oldenburg