The makers of “War Game” have taken their documentary on the road over the past few months, with screenings in Michigan, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
“I’ve been polling audiences, and they’re pretty evenly split on whether or not the president should invoke the Insurrection Act to quell this uprising,” says co-director Jesse Moss.
He’s talking about a simulated uprising, not a real one. But you can see the sweat on Steve Bullock’s brow as he plays a president with an election-denying opponent, and you can hear the edge in Heidi Heitkamp’s voice as she pretends to advise him.