Just Like You

Following David Russell through the ordinary rhythms of home, family, work and community, the film builds his candidacy around experiences shared by the people he hopes to represent: rising costs, daily uncertainty, responsibility for family and the feeling that one voice may not matter.

Russell’s identities as a husband, father, grandfather, coworker, veteran and Nebraskan, arrive only after that common ground has been established. The approach keeps the candidate at the same level as the voter. Leadership is not presented as distance from everyday life, but as an understanding of it.