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The documentary offers a healthy, stimulating view of political opinion, but its most affecting elements are the small moments that Demme captures a frail Carter, in the company of Secret Service agents, carrying his own bags into a hotel, or a short conversation that Carter has with a little girl whose name reminds him of his favorite poet.
NEWYORKER: Jimmy Carter Man From Plains
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"We want the supply of bags in advance so we don't fall short, " he said.
WSJ: Indian Fiber Weaves a Crisis
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In that golden age, students cut short their studies, the elderly deferred their retirement, criminals hung up their swag bags everyone showed up for work in the new economy.
ECONOMIST: Are 5.1m Americans missing from the unemployment figures?