Winter2008:AnunrelentingroarhasbeenmountingforseveralmonthsinAmerica,resonatingallthewaytoParis,whereAfrican-Americanexpatriatefilmmaker,GuettyFelinhasbeenlivingaself-imposedexileforthelast20years.Unabletoresisttheseethingpoliticalatmospherebackhome,sheembarksFrenchhusband,HervéCohen(co-director)andtheirtwosons15year-oldYeelenandJoakim11,onajourneytobearwitnesstothehistoricalgrassrootsmovementthatisunitingAmericansacrosspartyandraciallines.Andso,whatbeganasavideodiaryofthepoliticalcomingofageoftheirsons,wouldlaterturnintoanelectoralroadmovieacrossthecountryinthequestofrediscoveringAmericaandredefiningoneselfinit.