Mayor Pete
“A campaign love story.”
Jesse MossWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Free: Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
David Axelrod 
Joe Biden Mika Brzezinski Erin Burnett Chasten Buttigieg Pete Buttigieg
Credits
Written by: Jeff Gilbert
Plot
Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana runs for President of the United States. With extraordinary access to the candidate, his husband Chasten and members of the campaign team, the film follows Buttigieg from before he officially announced his candidacy, through the campaign and his victory in the Iowa Caucus and his appointment to the Biden Administration as the first LGBTQ Cabinet member in history.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mayor Pete (2021) is a American documentary directed by Jesse Moss. It stars Pete Buttigieg, Chasten Buttigieg and Mike Schmuhl. It runs 96 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.3 / 10 (1,661 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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