Acclaimed macroeconomist David Smick has a big answer to the question of America’s seemingly unbridgeable political divide: the economy. From the disappearing middle class to the corporate elite disenfranchising our political decision-making, Smick is concerned that the current state of economic affairs may just be urgent enough to sound the warning shots of a second civil war. Delving into the economic disparities fuelling a profound political schism throughout the nation, this documentary offers electrifying insight from both ends of the political spectrum.

Narrated by Michael Douglas, Executive Produced by Barry Levinson and Douglas, and featuring a diverse mosaic of expert voices including James Carville, Leon Panetta, and Hank Newsome, America’s Burning offers a piercing imperative for greater empathy across the economic gap, ultimately offering an optimistic take on the possibility for reconciliation across American democracy.––Jarod Neece

David Smick