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Jaakko Keso: This is America

2024 • Documentary • 38m

FI • Finnish

Director: Jaakko Keso

Writers: Jaakko Keso, Reino Pirttijärvi, Pertti Neuvonen

Jaakko Keso travels through Middle America to find out why the country is so polarized.

Cast

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Jaakko Keso

as Self

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Brandon Jack

as Self

Episodes

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New York, maailman keskus

E1 21m

Jaakko arrives in New York and asks people what they think about the future of the country.

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Amerikan Kouvola

E2 33m

Jaakko meets his friend Brandon and they discuss about the ordinary suburban life.

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RIP amerikkalainen unelma

E3 39m

Jaakko and Brandon travel to Detroit where the country's divide can be seen clearly. What happened to the American dream?

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MAGA made me do it

E4 32m

Jaakko discusses with various fervent Trump supporters about their beliefs.

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Media valehtelee - sammuta TV

E5 40m

Jaakko wonders why the media in America is so divided.

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Sisu, sauna ja AR-15

E6 63m

Jaakko meets American-Finnish people and gets to know their culture.

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Syttyykö Amerikassa sisällissota?

E7 39m

Only one question remains: Will there be a civil war in America?

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Paluu Suomi-kylään

E8 87m

There were so many interviews with Finnish descendants in the fifth episode that a large portion of them had to be cut. However, the subject is interesting, so here are some leftover scenes from northern Michigan, in the Hancock-Houghton area.

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America, we need to talk...

E1 30m

Jaakko arrives in Los Angeles and experiences a wonderful reunion. It soon becomes clear that the country is in turmoil. President Trump has made a mess of things, and Jaakko sets out to find out where the resistance is. The journey across the American continent begins!

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Who is in charge here?

E2 41m

Who or what rules the country? Jaakko gets a clue about the country's status and decides to follow it to the mythical Las Vegas. This begins a children's puzzle that Jaakko and Brandon solve dot by dot.

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Fat and happy God's country

E3 44m

Texas has it all, almost everyone votes for Trump, and the state basks in God's tender care. Jaakko wants to find out why red America sees progressive guys like the Finns as a threat.

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"Like living in an undeveloped country"

E4 44m

Jaakko and Brandon arrive in a place where traveling is not recommended - Opelousas, Louisiana. The people of the area feel forgotten and the young people are in danger of ending up in a world where differences are settled with guns. But can there be hope?

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A dream from Pori

E5 36m

The end is looming, but the pace is picking up. Jaakko and Brandon meet Finnish top prospect Olaus Alinen, with whom they get to know American university culture, which includes top athletes and hard partying. Jaakko gets to see the American dream from the front row.

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Last mission!

E6 34m

Jaakko and Brandon have one last mission ahead of them, involving Donald Trump and Mar-a-Lago. Jaakko also has a big decision to make. What will happen between him and America?