The State of the Union: In November, the United States heads into their mid-term elections, a decisive moment that will shape the future of the world’s most powerful country. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema presents a series of films that take the temperature of a divided nation and try to better understand what is at stake for the years to come.  Uncover the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold in this acclaimed political thriller meets documentary. Set in Montana in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, an intrepid front line journalist fights to expose one of the greatest threats to the nation’s democracy: corporate America’s influence on political campaigns through untraceable “dark money.” A Sundance Festival favourite, Dark Money follows the enterprising local citizens standing up to stop history from repeating itself in a gripping David-and-Goliath struggle that will have you on the edge of your seat.