Marilynne Robinson

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

With democracy in the U.S. crumbling, why is this happening and how do we save it? How to Save Democracy is an incisive and provocative film that explores the roots of democracy and its ebbs and flows over its history in the U.S., and why it is struggling to continue.