OCT. 17, 2018 | The lush gardens of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens outside Charleston, S.C., provided a backdrop for discussions on slavery, history, gun violence and forgiveness. Later, the crew traveled to Florence, S.C., to talk with Republicans and Democrats as they entered an auditorium to watch a televised debate between South Carolina’s GOP and Democratic candidates for governor.
OCT. 16, 2018 | The rich marshes and waters of the coastal Lowcountry around Beaufort County provided the backdrop for a day of interviews with a leading Republican state senator and Gullah leader.
OCT. 15, 2018 | The team explored the rural South Carolina communities of Walterboro and Bamberg on the sixth day of filming and learned how people deal daily with challenges involving race and politics.
OCT. 13, 2018 | National Democratic Party insider John Podesta, former chief of staff to Presidents Clinton and Obama, shared thoughts of the approaching midterm elections, how America has changed under President Donald Trump and more in a special interview today in Washington, D.C.
To learn more about what the crew is learning as it films, read a commentary by the director of A Hard Road: Travels in Trump’s America published Friday at StatehouseReport.com…
OCT. 11, 2018 | The fourth day of filming found interviewer Bruce Hawker being interviewed on an hour-long radio show that will be aired 1 p.m. Sunday on KTAR-FM in Phoenix. Mike O’Neil, longtime host of the “Think Tank” show that explores issues in-depth, developed a show around several issues […]
Much-acclaimed Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza of the Barrio Cafe in Phoenix uses art as much as her mouth-watering cuisine to elevate Mexican American culture. Above, she poses with a Catrina mural by artist Lalo Cota, one of many colorful artworks surrounding her restaurant on North 16th Street.
The second day of filming brought an emotional moment as a Tucson woman approached former U.S. Rep. Ron Barber with a bouquet of flowers purchased in the grocery store in which he and 18 others were shot in 2011 The woman, who asked not to be named or filmed, expressed her gratitude to Barber, who was elected to Congress to fill a seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords as she recovered from her wounds, for his service to the country.
A drive across the arid high desert of southern Arizona brought the crew to the border town of Douglas, population 17,000., where Mayor Robert Uribe discussed creating an environment of unity with his sister city across the Mexican border.
After a walk along an 18-foot steel wall at the Douglas-Mexico border, we headed 45 minutes east to visit with Dr. Gary Thrasher, a large-animal veterinarian in Hereford, who showed us a different kind of border “wall” — a six-strand barbed wire fence and steel barrier in the San Rafael Valley.