[2] It explores the future of the American middle class by focusing on the stories of Janesville, WI.

[3] It later played a successful festival run and was nominated for an Emmy award in Outstanding Investigative Journalism—Long-Form.

The close of a major GM plant in the city brings about massive layoffs and a desperate search for new work.

Through the stories of business leaders, laid-off workers, and elected officials, the film examines the theme of the American Dream and how a town can reinvent itself in the face of economic upheaval.

The filmmakers' experiences a company that received 20% of Janesville's budget in incentives without public vetting led to the creation of the partner app.