Vietnam, LSD, immigration, fear of communism, voting rights, poverty, and
racial equality — these were the hot button issues of the campaign, and they all get stitched in to the
overall stories in some form or fashion to show just what Kennedy's nomination meant to the futures of many of the main characters.
The film, a Cannes favorite that rebooted for awards season at TIFF, is everything that the Academy is chasing after both from the optics perspective — it's a film about
equality on all fronts, from
racial to gender to marriage — and from an
overall logistics perspective, since it's an earnest and straightforward true story with social relevance that will be an undeniable across - the - board hit with viewers of all stripes.