Photos: The subjects of Election Day documentary ‘11/8/16,’ one year later, answer: How do you feel about the future?

“Maybe I need to regain some of that energy I used to have. I’ve been feeling really uninspired and pessimistic.”

-- Hana Barkowitz, 21, Kent, Ohio

“But I try to feel hopeful.”

- Sierra Kos, 36, Brooklyn, N.Y.

“I feel like this is our lot, and we have no choice but to roll up our sleeves and continue trying to perfect the union.”

-- Jeff Deutchman, 34, Los Angeles, producer and curator of “11/8/16”

“By everything that’s going on in the nation -- most people see negativity, but I don’t at all. I see positivity everywhere that I go.”

-- Adrian Ojeda, 40, Miami

“I’d like to think there’s hope, but I don’t think we’re going to get out of this -- what we’re doing to the planet.”

-- Boots Wardinski, 74, Vermont

“Because that’s what we need to do, we need to resist whatever is thrown at us. I’m not talking about violence, but believing that we are important, especially the Dreamers – that a piece of paper does not determine whether we belong here or not.”

-- Jesus Ruiz, 31, San Jose

“I think we’ve got a big future ahead of us. This was a pivotal election.”

Tom Erdmann, 42, with Gina Erdmann, 37, both of Franklin, Mass.