Crawford

In 1999, Governor George W. Bush buys a ranch in Crawford, Texas, and calls it "home"; overnight, an insular community explodes. Bush declares candidacy for President, using Crawford as the perfect set-piece to project a folksy image, and the town is instantly overrun with international press corps and droves of flocking tourists. But soon, the town’s inhabitants feel the human impact of political stagecraft. The spotlight exacerbates tensions between freethinking and conformity, pushing a progressive teacher and her favorite student to the edge – and beyond. By 2005, the President’s mounting problems follow him home, and Crawford's boom is busting like the Presidency itself. Tourists have stopped coming; land is overvalued; the bumper sticker and trinket shops are boarded up. Two people are dead and one is leaving town. Bush is soon to abscond. Left to deal with the aftermath are the real people of Crawford. Their lives are changed forever.