True Believer

True Believer follows the congressional campaign of Arkansas evangelical pastor and independent Republican Robb Ryerse, who is called to step away from the pulpit and into the public square. A lifelong member of the Grand Old Party, Trump's victory convinced Robb that Republicans, and the mainline evangelical movement, have sold their souls for political power. The film tells the inside story of Robb's campaign against an entrenched incumbent. Refusing to take corporate donations, he struggles to cobble together the $15,000 required simply to get on the Republican ballot-the highest ballot access fee in the nation. True Believer is a spark of idealism in a time of political rancor-illuminating the barriers that prevent average Americans from running for office.