PEER. CONFIDANT. ADVISOR. FRIEND.

What comes with the job of being vice president of the United States? Not much, may be your gut reaction, based on what it’s been like ever since the republic was founded.

Sometimes the relationship between the president and the vice president has been particularly poor and this documentary addresses a few examples, before highlighting a great change: when Carter chose Mondale as his running mate in 1976, the latter demanded to have an active part as an advisor in the administration.

A number of Republican and Democratic presidents and vice presidents who followed the two men provide insight, in this slight but interesting and slick film, into how that defining moment changed the office in positive ways.

2020-U.S. 77 min. Color-B/W. Directed by Jeffrey Roth. Screenplay: Jeffrey Roth, Paul Basta.