Run This City is a profile of Jasiel Correia II, who was mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2020. The movie consists primarily of interviews with him, which are supplemented by interviews with various political opponents, supporters and family members. The series (movie?) starts in the middle of the story with Correia waiting for the results of a recall election and then goes back in time to present how he ended up in this situation.
Correia is a charismatic person and it is easy to see how he was able to become the mayor of Fall River even though he was only 23 years old. The series could have been benefited from going a little further in depth. For a movie about politics, there is surprisingly little actual politics in it. Correia brags about all of his accomplishments, but it would have been nice to learn more about them, especially from the perspective of other people. There are also some shocking allegations made against Correia and it would have been nice to learn more about their truthfulness, although doing that probably would have pushed the completion of this series back a couple years. Still, it is an enjoyable series, even if it did leave me wanting more.
Finally, I have to say a word about the format. It seems pretty clear to me that this was filmed to be a documentary movie and was edited to fit the Quibi format of several small episodes. While I guess it is easier to watch it in installments spread over a few days, I ended up binging it, which meant that there was some repetition and lots of commercials. Re-editing and re-releasing it as a documentary feature would vastly improve the viewing experience.
