Two friends, Dan and Jesse, journey through the American South, documenting lives on the margins of the "American Dream". Sons of migrant families, they venture into prisons where inmates ride in rodeos, sit with Texans in roadside diners, meet activists, and confront places shaped by poverty and conspiracy. Their road trip becomes a portrait of forgotten people, where survival, democracy, and disillusion intertwine.
Two friends, Dan and Jesse, journey through the American South, documenting lives on the margins of the "American Dream". Sons of migrant families, they venture into prisons where inmates ride in rodeos, sit with Texans in roadside diners, meet activists, and confront places shaped by poverty and conspiracy. Their road trip becomes a portrait of forgotten people, where survival, democracy, and disillusion intertwine.