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Bananaquit
Since: Jan, 2001
2011-02-11 12:26:34
Could it have been Amerika
, a miniseries about the Soviet Union invading the USA? Kris Kristofferson played the father.
70.57.124.71
Since: Dec, 1969
71.237.199.236
Since: Dec, 1969

I want to say it was on tv in the late 90's. A father and his family come back to america after being in a jungle for a few years. During that time the US has become a presidential dictatorship of some sort. I remember a couple of scenes. One, the father is walking down a street and a soldier asks if he has voted for president yet. After saying no the soldier takes him to a polling place where it is clear his only choice is to put a strip of white paper in a box marked YES, as no is totally empty. In the background the president is thanking voters for their support. Another scene, they are about to get on a plane to escape but are stopped by a government agent. He says they can leave if the fathers boy gives a kidney to the son of a presidential supporter. When I try to think of the actor portraying the father images of red hair, goatee, and freckles come to mind.