Based upon the novel by Philip Roth, The Plot Against America takes place during an alternate history of America which finds Charles A. Lindbergh having defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. After reaching a "cordial understanding" with Adolf Hitler, Lindbergh's fascist and anti-semitic policies sweep across the nation, all told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey. The Plot Against America hails from David Simon and Ed Burns, creators of The Wire, and HBO has released the first teaser-trailer for the six-part limited-series, which looks like another high-quality production from Simon and Burns. The Plot Against America stars Zoe Kazan (The Deuce), Morgan Spector (Homeland), Winona Ryder (Stranger Things), and John Turturro (The Night Of).
A synopsis of "The Plot Against America" via Amazon:
When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Not only had Lindbergh, in a nationwide radio address, publicly blamed the Jews for selfishly pushing America toward a pointless war with Nazi Germany, but upon taking office as the thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial “understanding” with Adolf Hitler, whose conquest of Europe and virulent anti-Semitic policies he appeared to accept without difficulty. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh’s election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America—and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
The Plot Against America will debut on HBO on March 16, 2020.