One of the most shocking and revealing things that is talked about is how we became so divided. The economy is in free-fall, people are in fear of losing their homes and going hungry and meanwhile we have a social movement that most everyone knows about- Black Lives Matter. One thing is certain, this pandemic is going to change everything we know in this country. We see many scenes that reference the financial crisis and even the ongoing pandemic. This is the only film that Smick has made and being a macroeconomic adviser, his knowledge and education was equivalent to attending a class in college that I might need help in fully understanding. What fascinated me is how the director, David Smick, formulated his story so the average person could walk away very informed. I understood basically what everyone was saying, but in terms of economics and the knowledge of the political spectrum, yes, I did scratch my head a couple of times. Now, I will admit that I didn’t understand everything that was talked about during the course of numerous interviews and the history in politics that led us to where we are now. To put it simply, the rich walked off with all the money and the poor kept losing out on opportunities. The rich were the targets of the lower income class. From racial divide with a specific mention to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and the endless articles that detailed the loss of the Working Middle Class along with the pay gap in this country the U.S. Economy, the rise is division was impossible to not recognize. Prior to the pandemic that crippled the U.S. This cannot just be an economics lecture - nobody will watch it.Why are we so divided? It’s a tough question and the answer isn’t easy to find, but there are many reasons. The film is not a cynical piece, Smick said, and included comedic elements through silent film-era humor and animation. We’re ignoring them while we’re basically pointing fingers at one another.” “And in the end, it’s counterproductive because we’re not ultimately moving ahead with the massive amounts of problems that this country has. “We’re just angry, and we lash out at all of these particular things,” Levinson said. Additionally, Smick and Levinson wanted to highlight empathy and understanding as pathways for enacting this change. The filmmakers wanted the doc to be forward-looking, offering a future that was hopeful and attuned to progress. “I was not interested in just a Kumbaya film, where we all get together … I wanted to provide some substance in the film,” Smick said. Unlike similar documentaries about partisanship, Smick said he wanted to differentiate his story by focusing on compromise, both historically and presently. What do we do? What do we do to just move ahead in the 21st century, with some common mission?”
“And it’s not just facts and things, and this is our viewpoint, period. “I think the documentary, and why I responded to it, is that it deals with the human condition, and this is where we are,” Levinson said. He said he became keenly aware of the division fomenting in the country and set a course to secure help from an established filmmaker to realize his vision. Smick has seen the Capitol up close, working in international finance in Washington D.C.
“And I got very worried about the future of our country when you see the lack of empathy, a lack of any goodwill toward each other.” “The whole country is facing a hate epidemic,” Smick said. In a conversation with Variety film awards editor Clayton Davis, Smick and executive producer Barry Levinson discussed the central message of “Stars and Strife,” which examines the swell of anger and hatred in American culture and partisanship through interviews with activists, elected officials and other prominent figures. “Hate is almost like a drug,” writer and director of the documentary “Stars and Strife,” David Smick said.
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