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The story of a community getting organized, from the people who made it happen.
Ten Perfect Strangers
It’s January 2018, and ten strangers are standing in Astoria Park, about to knock on doors for a candidate nobody thinks can win. This is where it begins.
Twenty Years Apart
Twelve miles south, in Bay Ridge, a 26-year-old organizer named Zohran Mamdani is about to lose the first campaign he’s ever managed. While in Astoria, the movement that just elected AOC is about to take on the richest company on earth.
Fifty-Five Votes
In 2019, a public defender named Tiffany Cabán runs for Queens District Attorney. She’ll lose by 55 votes — out of 90,000 cast. This is the story of that loss, and what you learn when you lose the right way.
Four Hundred Pounds
It’s March 2020, and the world has stopped. Campaign offices go dark. But in Astoria, the movement doesn’t stop — it transforms. This is really about the ways that people come together when everything around them is falling apart.
Twenty-Six Hours
June 24th, 2025. Primary day. In 103-degree heat, fifty thousand volunteers are spread across New York City. And now, I’m not just a narrator — I’m one of them. This is the story of an election day, from the inside.
Three Million Doors
When Asad Dandia was just 19 years old, he was spied on by undercover agents of the NYPD. By 2025, he’s an advisor to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign. And in Astoria, Queens, a grassroots movement is having its coming out party. This is the series finale.