Austin, Texas

Angola Prison Rodeo

Jackson, Mississippi

New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana's Cancer Alley

Two friends, Dan and Jesse, both sons of migrant families, embark on a haunting road trip through the forgotten heart of America.

Their journey cuts through the most disadvantaged and toxic regions of the American South — from the militarized Texas border to Louisiana’s infamous Cancer Alley, from the notorious Angola Prison to the civil rights battlegrounds of Jackson, Mississippi, ending in the still-recovering streets of New Orleans.

They discover what the American Dream means to those living on its most dangerous margins — just as the nation prepares to decide its future.

Dan and Jesse document the voices that traditional media ignores. They meet eco-activists fighting petrochemical giants, ex-inmates from America’s bloodiest prison, and ordinary families surviving in communities where survival, democracy, and disillusionment collide.

As immigration hysteria reaches fever pitch and environmental justice becomes a political battleground, Dan and Jesse document the voices that traditional media ignores. They meet eco-activists fighting petrochemical giants, ex-inmates from America's bloodiest prison, and ordinary families surviving in communities where survival, democracy, and disillusionment collide.

What begins as a road trip becomes an urgent portrait of a country in crisis. In roadside diners and forgotten towns, through prison rodeos and toxic industrial zones, they discover what the American Dream means to those living on its most dangerous margins — just as the nation prepares to decide its future.

October 2024. Three weeks before the presidential election in modern American history
Two friends, Dan and Jesse, both sons of migrant families, embark on a haunting road trip through the forgotten heart of America. Their journey cuts through the most disadvantaged and toxic regions of the American South — from the militarized Texas border to Louisiana's infamous Cancer Alley, from the notorious Angola Prison to the civil rights battlegrounds of Jackson, Mississippi, ending in the still-recovering streets of New Orleans.

As immigration hysteria reaches fever pitch and environmental justice becomes a political battleground, Dan and Jesse document the voices that mainstream media ignores. They meet eco-activists fighting petrochemical giants, ex-inmates from America's bloodiest prison, and ordinary families surviving in communities where survival, democracy, and disillusionment collide.

What begins as a road trip becomes an urgent portrait of a country in crisis. In roadside diners and forgotten towns, through prison rodeos and toxic industrial zones, they discover what the American Dream means to those living on its most dangerous margins — just as the nation prepares to decide its future.

October 2024. Three weeks before the presidential election in modern American history