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Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
William Willmott
- Confederate Family Slave
- (voice)
- (as Will Willmott)
- …
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Did you know
- TriviaThe footage of the "JBU terrorist attack" was actually news reel footage from when a B-25 bomber accidentally crashed into the Empire State Building.
- GoofsHenry David Thoreau is named as one of the Northern intellectuals who fled to Canada after the Southern victory in 1863. But Thoreau had already died on 6 May 1862, before history diverges.
- Quotes
John Ambrose Fauntroy: Dear friends, the colored is not ready for freedom. To free him is to make him an orphan. Liberty would be a great curse to the race.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tienes que ver esta peli: C.S.A.: Confederate States of America (2022)
- SoundtracksFauntroy Is The Man
Written by Erin J. McGrane and Scott Richardson
Performed by Scott Easterday, Gregg Jackson, Erin J. McGrane, Cynthia Walker, and J. Richard Walker
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Brilliant Satire
This movie danced along the edge of impropriety, but brilliantly. The premise is good and the execution is genius. Depicting this as a standard 'Ken Burns style' documentary is the perfect way to convey the sweep of history in a short time. The interviews, voice overs, and lingering camera shots of a still photograph were all spot-on.
My favorite part was the multiple level satire of films from the early 20th century showing events from the 19th: a silent movie about Lincoln's capture, a 50s school educational film about the superiority of whites, and a Hollywood war epic about the CSA's wars in South America. Depicting the fictional events through a lens of contemporary attitudes of what would have been the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s... it made my head swim.
The commercials that another reviewer mentioned were humorous breaks in the action, but they didn't go much further than any normal commercial parody. The note at the end from the movie creators about the sources for some of these (I won't give it away) made me twinge with guilt for laughing, which I think is the response they wanted.
Overall, if you are a student of history, a lover of satire, a thinking person, or (god forbid) all 3 - you should see this move.
My favorite part was the multiple level satire of films from the early 20th century showing events from the 19th: a silent movie about Lincoln's capture, a 50s school educational film about the superiority of whites, and a Hollywood war epic about the CSA's wars in South America. Depicting the fictional events through a lens of contemporary attitudes of what would have been the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s... it made my head swim.
The commercials that another reviewer mentioned were humorous breaks in the action, but they didn't go much further than any normal commercial parody. The note at the end from the movie creators about the sources for some of these (I won't give it away) made me twinge with guilt for laughing, which I think is the response they wanted.
Overall, if you are a student of history, a lover of satire, a thinking person, or (god forbid) all 3 - you should see this move.
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- Also known as
- КША: Конфедеративные штаты Америки
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- Gross US & Canada
- $672,156
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,706
- Oct 9, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $744,165
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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