The Great
Experiment + Q&A

The Great Experiment is a black-and-white documentary portrait of America during the first Trump administration. It moves through scenes including Gays for Trump, ICE arrests and deportations, Antifa activists, migrants navigating an uncertain welcome, and Civil War reenactors whose arguments echo those of Confederate monument protesters. The film is framed as an epic poem in documentary form, asking not who is right but whether the American experiment can survive. The screening at Bertha DocHouse Cinema is followed by a Q&A with co-director Stephen Maing. The CPH DOX F:ACT AWARD jury citation reads: “With cinematic precision and emotional depth, the film lays bare the profound divides within American society.”