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Young director Luke Eberl, a former child actor, makes his narrative feature debut with this tensely plotted, strongly scripted political thriller about an eager teen who works on a local campaign and then discovers that the candidate is involved with a ring of gay pedophiles.

When bright and precocious 15-year-old Owen Norris is selected to be the youth spokesman for local Congressman Lawrence Connor's reelection campaign, both he and his parents are absolutely thrilled. He begins to spend his days trolling around town preaching the merits of Connor's campaign while taking life lessons from the man himself. But as Owen begins to peel back the complex layers of his hometown government, he learns the terrifying truth about the inner workings of American politics. Eberl, merely 21 at the time of production, completed a series of undercover research operations on several campaigns before deciding he was ready to write a screenplay. The result shows a level of insight that rivals the great political drama writing of TV's "The West Wing" and Robert Altman's Secret Honor. This is a slow-burn political thriller of great complexity that not only rings true to life but also packs one hell of a surprising punch. 

Thx Devlin