Clay

A patient, observational sit inside a small municipal meeting, quietly absorbing the ritual of procedure and the human texture of local democracy.

Directed by

Kevin Jerome Everson

Overview

Chaired by the city’s mayor, Rodick Bobo, a relative of the filmmaker’s, motions are moved, seconded and voted on. Pay rises for city employees, permits for food trucks, and other matters of municipal governance are discussed in view of the camera’s fixed frame. Against a wider backdrop of decrepit democratic systems in the country, a portrait of an attempt at earnest, accountable politics in the USA emerges.

How it feels

Earnest, satirical and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Politics, power, class, work

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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