In conjunction with the public art exhibition Silk Flowers, Contemporary Art Galleries at the University of Connecticut has partnered with the Mansfield Drive-In to bring you a special screening of Boys State, an Apple Original Films and A24 release. The screening will take place on Thursday, October 29th 2020 at 8:00 PM.

This event is free and open to the public, reservations are required and can be made online - space is limited. Purchase your tickets here.

The sensational winner of the Grand Jury Prize for documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Boys State is a wildly entertaining and continually revealing immersion into a week-long annual program in which a thousand Texas high school seniors gather for an elaborate mock exercise: building their own state government. Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine closely track the escalating tensions that arise within a particularly riveting gubernatorial race, training their cameras on unforgettable teenagers like Ben, a Reagan-loving arch-conservative who brims with confidence despite personal setbacks, and Steven, a progressive-minded child of Mexican immigrants who stands by his convictions amidst the sea of red. In the process, they have created a complex portrait of contemporary American masculinity, as well as a microcosm of our often dispiriting national political divisions that nevertheless manages to plant seeds of hope. View the trailer here.