Virginia 2012. Democratic candidate Tim Kaine and Republican candidate George Allen face a tight race for the state's U.S. Senate seat. Virginia increasingly divides about its political views, and as Kaine and Allen battle it out, an untraditional contender begins to gain momentum in the race: Hank the cat, from Springfield, Virginia.

 

Hank's candidacy began as satire, when two frustrated cat dads became jaded by the negativity in politics. Little did the dads know that Hank's campaign for the Virginia U.S. Senate seat would become a serious endeavor, taking Virginia, and the country, and the world by storm.

 

Wild About Hank is about the search for something to believe in when it seems as though all hope is lost. The film tells the bizarre, humorous, and emotional story of Hank's campaign and supporters. With Hank's eloquence, humble history, and Maine Coon class, Hank turned thousands of jaded and frustrated voters into energized campaigners as he represented what politics could be: uniting, philanthropic, and sincere. Wild About Hank honors Hank's inspiring legacy and questions the state of politics...Have politics become so feral that citizens would rather vote for a cat...than a human?

 

Wild About Hank is currently in post-production and will premiere in 2016.