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Boys State

7.12020 · 1h 50m · EN

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This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.

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Ben Feinstein

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Steven Garza

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Robert MacDougall

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René Otero

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Eddy Proietti Conti

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