When Tom Hanks’ Greyhound released on AppleTV+ a few weeks ago, I didn’t feel the need to sign up for the streaming service in order to watch it. Yet after watching a screening link of the new documentary Boys State (available to stream this Friday on Apple TV+), I feel compelled to tell everyone I know that they should absolutely sign up for the streaming service, which is the film’s exclusive distribution platform (and which I might have to do just to watch it again, and maybe check out Greyhound finally after).

The new release from AppleTV+ and A24, Boys State first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. An annual event put on by the prestigious American Legion (a national institution that’s included members such as Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh), Boys State shows a week-long camp of 1,200 teenage boys–all politically aspiring in their own ways– whose primary objective is to “run for office” of their respective Federalist and Nationalist parties and win the votes needed to secure desired positions. What ends up being captured is an incredible simulation of our very own American democracy, if it were run by children (I won’t put too fine a point if I feel this is how politics are currently being run).

There are a few characters that Boys State follows–including Ben, the political junkie; Robert, the political “bro”; and the quiet, yet inspiring Steven–each of whom brings different ideologies and politics to their part of the camp. All bright and scholarly, the fun in the movie is watching them all jockey and campaign to win the votes of their respective campers, making for suspenseful, funny, and by the end, moving moments.

While it might be disheartening to assume that some of these young men will inevitably become corrupted on their road to politics, Boys State also brings the hope that we are truly witnessing new voices in the next generation that will lead us to a brighter future and better state.

Distributed by AppleTV+ and A24, ‘Boys State’ is available to stream on Apple TV+ this Friday.