'Long Play' Premieres July 27: New Documentary Explores the South Through Voices Including Jon Ossoff, LaTosha Brown & Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Reel Perspectives
July 24, 2026
As America looks ahead to the next generation of elections, one of the important questions that sits at the heart of the national conversation, is what is really happening in the South?
Beginning Monday, July 27, audiences will get an eye opening answer with the premiere of Long Play, a compelling new six-part documentary series debuting on YouTube. Executive produced by Crooked Media and Jon Favreau, with showrunner Divya Chungi, the series brings together veteran political strategist Jennifer Palmieri, former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, and acclaimed journalist Errin Haines for an ambitious journey through one of the fastest changing regions in the country.
Rather than reducing the South to familiar headlines or political talking points, Long Play takes viewers directly into the communities, conversations, and cultural shifts redefining the region and, ultimately, reshaping America itself.
For decades, conventional wisdom often treated the South as predictable territory. Long Play challenges those assumptions by revealing a region experiencing dramatic transformation through population growth, economic expansion, changing demographics, and evolving political influence. Across six Southern states, the series explores how these changes are impacting everyday Americans while influencing national conversations that will continue well into the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. Instead of focusing solely on campaign strategy, Long Play zooms in on the people behind the statistics. The local leaders, organizers, families, business owners, and communities navigating a rapidly evolving landscape.
Throughout the series, Palmieri, Landrieu, and Haines sit down with influential figures whose ideas are helping shape conversations across the region. Among those featured are Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, voting rights advocate LaTosha Brown, Texas State Representative James Talarico, Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa, and political strategist Taylor Rehmet.
As voting laws evolve, population shifts continue, and political power increasingly moves southward, Long Play examines how these developments extend far beyond state borders. The series thoughtfully explores how these changes affect representation, civic engagement, and the future direction of American democracy without losing sight of the human stories driving those larger conversations.
Long Play premieres Monday, July 27, on YouTube. For anyone looking beyond the headlines to understand the stories driving America's future, this is one documentary series that deserves a place on your watchlist.