Seven Days in May
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A sharply escalating Washington power struggle, driven by institutional detail, confidential maneuvering, and a grave sense that private ambition can endanger public order.
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Why this pick
A sharply escalating Washington power struggle, driven by institutional detail, confidential maneuvering, and a grave sense that private ambition can endanger public order.
Why this pick
Like Advise & Consent, it turns high-level politics into an actor-led moral battleground, where personal secrets and competing principles shape a presidential contest.
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Its cool, methodical investigation and austere political atmosphere extend Preminger’s distrust of powerful institutions into a more paranoid 1970s register.
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An urgent political procedural whose accumulating testimony, official obstruction, and clear-eyed outrage make institutional corruption feel immediate and devastating.
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A polished, dialogue-driven campaign drama centered on compromise, loyalty, and the corrosive gap between political ideals and political survival.
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01 / THE STORY
Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Robert A. Leffingwell
Senator Brigham Anderson
Dolly Harrison
The President

Herbert Gelman
Senator Fred Van Ackerman
Hardiman Fletcher
Senate Minority Leader