‘This Land’ Review: A Pleasing, Apolitical, And Slight Look At Election Day 2020
In the era of hyper-partisan documentaries – which often reinforce liberal or conservative worldviews and play to an increasingly rabid base – Matthew Palmer’s compact “This Land” stands out as an anomaly. Prioritizing people over politics, Palmer’s film traverses 42 states on election day 2020 and follows a cross-section of Democrats and Republicans as they vote and patiently wait to see if Donald Trump or Joe Biden will be elected president.