Robert May is a producer/director of independent films whose projects have collectively garnered over 40 awards including the Oscar, Bafta, Independent Spirit Award and Human Rights Award, to name a few. He produced documentaries the Fog of War, about former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Kids for Cash, about a scandal involving judges in Wilkes Barre receiving kickbacks for sending kids to a private prison, among other films.
His latest, which airs on PBS on Sunday, is Bucks County, USA, a five-part documentary series May co-produced with filmmakers Jason Sosnoff and Barry Levinson. The series, filmed over 4 years, covers what the New York Times dubbed “The School Board Wars” in Central Bucks School District.
He spoke with me to talk about his filmmaking career, Bucks County, USA, and how he hopes this new docuseries can help a community once at war with each other heal, and maybe even actively try to listen and talk to each other like friendly neighbors – despite deep political differences.
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READ:
- BCCC Embarrasses Itself With Decision to Cancel Special Community Prescreening of PBS Docuseries ‘Bucks County, USA’
- Watching ‘Bucks County, USA’s’ First Two Episodes Left Me in Tears, Yet Hopeful Our Community Can Learn From the Series
- It Takes A Village: Expelling Right-Wing Extremism From Bucks County School Districts
- CBSD Neighbors United Was a Revolution in Central Bucks School District
ALSO LISTEN TO:
- These 3 Central Bucks Parents Started a ‘Revolution’ to Save Their School District from Moms for Liberty and Other Right-Wing Extremists
- Anti-Fascist, Dystopian YA Novel Inspired by Central Bucks School District
- Unmasking Moms for Liberty’s Extremism, with Olivia Little and Diana Leygerman
- Raising a Transgender Child in an Increasingly Transphobic Country and School District, with Brett Freeman
- Fighting for Students’ and Teachers’ Rights in Central Bucks School District, with ACLU’s Witold Walczak
- The Christian Right’s Crusade for Power and War on Democracy, with Katherine Stewart
- Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider on Their New Book ‘The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual’
