PURPLE: America, We Need to Talk

In a time of immense division, PURPLE (from Resetting the Table) tells the story of everyday Americans with opposing viewpoints confronting their disagreements head-on and discovering the humanity and concerns that lie behind each other’s positions. Filmed in rural Wisconsin and Iowa – in a swing region that spans two bordering swing states – PURPLE captures six people investigating their divergent views on equity, work ethics, and the social safety net. Created by political mediation organization Resetting the Table in partnership with Emmy award-winning Transient Pictures, PURPLE provides viewers of all stripes – liberal, conservative, and independent; rural and urban; religious and secular – with a vision for what a healthy public debate on fault-line issues might look like. Created by political mediation organization Resetting the Table in partnership with Emmy award-winning Transient Pictures, the film presents a rare political conversation that uplifts, provokes, and inspires while going toward the heat of passionate political differences.

View the full film: https://youtu.be/TH9t7ud7Jgk

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