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Postcards from the Great Divide

Stories filmed during the 2016 campaign cycle about how partisanship has become the dominant feature of American elections, both nationally and locally.

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Blue Wind on a Red Prairie

Season 1 Episode 10 | 12m 7s | CC

Nebraska is a deep red state that hasn’t gone Democratic in a presidential contest in over 50 years. So how can the minority party become relevant in state politics? Enter Jane Kleeb. She married a Nebraska rancher and went on to lead the successful state resistance blocking the Keystone Pipeline. Now she’s been elected the chair of the state Democratic Party. Can she change her party’s fortunes?

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