The Plot Against America is a new series on HBO which is based on a book of the same name by Philip Roth.
The dystopian book was published back in 2004 and tells of an alternative history where Franklin Roosevelt was defeated in the presidential election of 1940.
Charles Lindbergh takes his place as President and the political climate as the country understands it is turned on its head.

Where is The Plot Against America set?

The series is set in New Jersey during the 1940s and shows the viewers a hypothetical America, through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family.
The main idea behind The Plot Against America is a fictional Lindbergh presidency between June 1940 and October 1942.
The book on which the series is based starts with Lindbergh’s unexpected shot as the Republican Party’s nominee.
The story helps viewers imagine how the war would have played out if the US had authorised Nazi-inspired restrictions on Jewish Americans’ freedom.

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Where is The Plot Against America filmed?

The fictional family come from New Jersey and most of the filming for the series took place in Jersey City in the state.
Temple Beth-El and the Greenville shopping district are locations which feature throughout the series and filming took place in May 2019.
The cameras also ventured to Newark in June, as well as New York City in May 2019, and Baltimore in June.
Some of the shots were filmed on the deck of the SS John W. Brown, a WWII Liberty ship at the Canton Dock.
With the election being a key theme in the series, Washington DC also featured as a filming location.

The series features Charles Lindbergh (played by Ben Cole) who was an American military officer and activist.
He was also an aviator and inventor who became known for making a nonstop flight from New York to Paris.
Before America joined the fight during the Second World War, Lindbergh was a supporter of Nazi Germany and he opposed the intervention of the US.
He supported the anti-war America First Committee and in April 1941 President Franklin Roosevely openly rebuked him for his opinions.

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Most of the other characters in the series are fictional, including Evelyn Finkel (Winona Ryder) who was made up by Roth for the novel.
He did base some of the characters on his own family members, but Evelyn was not his aunt in reality, although she did have the same maiden name as the character.
The six-part series sees the working-class Jewish family observe the political rise of Lindbergh who turns the nation towards facism.
Throughout the series anti-semitism becomes more accepted in American life and Jewish-American families notice the changes.

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According to thecinemaholic.com David Krumholtz, who plays Monty Levin in the show, said: “I think this show is so much more about psychology of the victim than it is about the tyranny of the perpetrator.
“It was not unlike a lot of [my] friends that have chosen to not take the alarmist route, to sort of keep their heads down and be grateful for the things they do have.”
The new miniseries has been created by David Simon and Ed Burns — the team behind The Wire and miniseries Generation Kill.
Fans are keen to find out how closely the series follows the book which shows readers an alternative post-war world.

The Plot Against America is available to watch on HBO now

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