Movies and TvShows featuring "local-politics" theme.
Bordertown (2016) is a crime drama TV show set in a small Finnish-Russian border town. The story follows a police officer and his team as they investigate various crimes and navigate the complexities of local politics and family relationships. The main character also struggles with his strained relationship with his teenage daughter. The show explores themes of corruption, eccentricity, and the challenges of living on the border.
Basic Sanitation, the Movie is a comedy film that follows a furniture salesman in Brazil who decides to make a film about the local sewage system. Along the way, he experiences various personal relationships and encounters with government bureaucracy.
In the movie Pacifiction (2022), the high commissioner of French Polynesia is tasked with investigating the sighting of a submarine, which could indicate the return of French nuclear testing. He navigates the conflict between his political status and the social struggles of the island's inhabitants, leading him to make reckless decisions. The story explores the turbulent nature of politics and the consequences of these decisions.
Tomorrow is a documentary that showcases various solutions to environmental and societal challenges, focusing on sustainable agriculture, local economies, and renewable energy. It discusses alternative models to capitalism and the importance of cooperation and community involvement. The film takes viewers to different locations around the world, including Iceland, Copenhagen, Denmark, Chennai, India, and highlights innovative initiatives in each place. It also explores the impact of industrialization on the environment and the tipping point towards mass extinction.
G.B.H. (1991) is a dark comedy TV mini-series that follows the story of a headmaster involved in the local politics of England. The plot revolves around socialist ideals, strikes, and the city council. It provides a humorous yet critical perspective on British politics.
Weiner is a documentary that follows the political career and scandal of Anthony Weiner, a former congressman of New York City. The film explores his campaign for the mayor of New York City in 2013, which was plagued by the scandal of his sexting scandal and subsequent resignation from Congress.
In the small village of Braunschlag, the mayor fakes a miracle to attract tourists and money to the struggling community. However, chaos ensues as the residents deal with their own personal problems and secrets. The story revolves around the hilarious and absurd situations that arise, touching on themes of local politics, adultery, alcoholism, and village life. The show explores the relationships between the characters, their struggles with temptation, and the lengths they will go to in order to achieve their desires.
Wackersdorf is a historical drama that depicts the events of the anti-nuclear protest in the small town of Wackersdorf, Bavaria in 1986. The film centers around the conflict between friends, the social democrat mayor of the town, and the state-employed police forces who brutally clash with protesters. The story highlights the political protest, police brutality, and the social and political climate in West Germany during that time.
Autobahn (2019) is a documentary that explores the impact of a highway construction on a small town in Germany. It delves into the local politics and road traffic issues arising from the project.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James’ fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.
Sassnitz is a small coastal town at the Baltic Sea on the Island of Rügen. In its vicinity are the world-famous chalk cliffs, a tourist magnet. The Mukran Port is also part of the municipality. The overseas port is the starting point for the construction of Nord Stream 2, a natural gas pipeline that connects Germany directly with Russia. In 2020, the port town hit the international headlines. Even the New York Times reported and cited Mayor Frank Kracht as a staunch opponent from the northeast German province against the rumbling America of Donald Trump. The reason is the undisguised threat from Washington to ruin the international port economically if the natural gas pipeline continues to be built from there. Many jobs and the region's economic stability are at risk. Reporter Klaus Scherer documents the case, questions experts as well as those affected and looks at the behavior of national politicians towards the USA and how they react to the interference in internal affairs.
A sitcom satirising small-minded Britain. Written by Brenda Gilhooly, set in the fictional town of Mansford the show merrily satirises middle England, local politics, daft bureaucracy and the deluded nature of small-time power. The councillors are always getting hot under the collar about something - new EU regulations or a pole dancing club going up next to a nursery or the latest wheelie bin disaster.
Welcome to a different kind of drag race! As NYC emerges from the chaos of 2020, Marti Cummings (they/them), an audacious and big-hearted drag queen, goes all out in a historic bid to become a City Councilperson. It’s one of the most hotly contested Council races in years, and Marti’s strongest competitor is Shaun Abreu, a tenants’ lawyer with deep roots in the district’s Latinx community. As these first-timers race to do the most good for their Upper Manhattan neighbors, they offer very different visions for Democratic politics – one in a suit and tie, the other in combat boots and floral print. As this immersive documentary reveals, Marti’s passion inspires queer activists and allies to change the political system. Their campaign becomes a community of its own, especially for Marti’s non-binary peers who have never before seen themselves represented.
Starke man is a 2010 Swedish comedy series broadcast on SVT. The series focuses on local politics in Svinarp, a fictitious small municipality in the south of Sweden, which the press has branded the second-most boring municipality of Scania in the pilot episode. Much of the series revolves around Lars-Göran Bengtsson, the less-than competent social democrat mayor of Svinarp, who is usually saved from disaster by his disillusioned staff. Starke man was written by Wiktor Ericsson and Anders Jansson with Anders Jansson, Magnus Mark and Anna Blomberg in the main roles. The first episode was broadcast on 26 September 2010. The second season was broadcast in 2011. The series was filmed in Kävlinge, Sweden.
Louise, a young girl diagnosed with schizophrenia, escapes from a crooked lawyer and falls in love with a flower garden. Along the way, she encounters gang members, a fake illness, and the world of local politics.
Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
How do you deal with right-wing extremists in the neighborhood? Exclude, tolerate or involve? Rural regions in particular are prone to infiltration by nationalist settlers. Right-wing extremists systematically penetrate village structures, pretending to be nice neighbors, committed citizens and problem solvers in a completely non-ideological way. Local volunteer fire brigades and football clubs are infiltrated by Nazis. Done among others in the village of Groß Krams in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where two right-wing extremists seem to be part of everyday village life. One of them works as a firefighter. In Appen, Schleswig-Holstein, the state chairman of the Hamburg NPD wanted to join the village's football club. But the club's management refused when they found out about the political background. The documentary by Hans Jakob Rausch illuminates the infiltration strategies of the extreme right and the difficult balance between tolerance and engagement against right-wing radicalism.
Jim Traficant was a legendary quarterback turned mob busting Walking Tall Sheriff who rose to power on a platform of “honesty in politics”. He quickly ascended to the hallowed halls of Congress, becoming its most outspoken member. "Jimbo" as his die-hard supporters called him, was known for his polyester thrift store suits, shock top wigs, vulgar humor and profanity laced rhetoric against the FBI, IRS, and every president since Reagan. His one minute speeches made C-SPAN must see programming, as he signed off with his patented “Beam Me Up!” In his post-industrial hometown of Youngstown, Ohio -- dubbed Crimetown, USA for being the most mobbed up city in America -- "Jimbo" was a living legend, once garnering more than 90% of the vote. However, the eccentric maverick also had a dark side, becoming only the second Member of Congress expelled since the Civil War, eventually spending over seven years in federal prison on bribery and tax evasion charges.
A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.
In the small village of Bavaria, local politics take a hilarious turn when a group of residents decide to drill for oil. This social satire explores the absurdities of rural life and pokes fun at the aspirations of the village people. With witty humor and clever storytelling, the film provides a lighthearted critique of the local politics and the desire for wealth and progress.