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C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

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In mockumentary format, director Kevin Willmott examines an alternate world in which the Confederates won the American Civil War to establish the Confederate States of America -- a land that celebrates the practice and institution of slavery and racism. Following British documentarians as they interview several historians, politicians and other inhabitants of the Confederacy and neighboring Canada, Willmott has his protagonists delve into the history and events that led to this new modern day.

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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.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 02/16/2017
"C.S.A." tells a counter-story of how slavery survives to the present day-and it uses traces of contemporary pop culture to show that the notion isn't really even such a stretch. Go to Full Review Geoff Pevere Toronto Star 06/16/2006
3/4
By slyly nudging both history and the language of television, this mock documentary about an America won by the Confederacy ... manages to be both shocking and strangely banal in equal measure. Go to Full Review Rick Groen Globe and Mail 06/16/2006
2/4
The satire comes to feel strained and the whole premise gets awfully precious, reducing social subtleties to cinematic simplicities. Go to Full Review Betsy Sherman Arts Fuse 08/09/2017
[CSA is] an extraordinary new mock-u-mentary. Go to Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 08/30/2009
Brimming with daring concepts though only sporadically united into a lacerating whole Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/31/2008
B-
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Jeffrey P @RT21245856 01/23/2022 Well done mockumentary that is laughable at times. Also, like many documentaries of a bygone era, it may put you to sleep. I may have scored it a notch lower but I think everyone should see it. See more 02/16/2021 What if the South won and we're living in the Confederate States of America. Very well researched. Hysterical but also disturbing look at the past. See more 06/26/2020 waste of time. Not funny at all See more 06/13/2020 Can you imagine a world dominated by the racist ideology of white superiority? The "contamination" of a single drop of blood! Where would we really be today as a civilization of truly unequal human beings? Time to tear down the statues. See more 05/26/2020 Boring, uninspired and a lack of any real funny moments. Thought the film could be interesting because the idea behind it is something I could enjoy if done well, but I was let down. By let down. I mean dropped on my head from a 6 story window. See more 02/05/2020 Balancing satire that is simultaneously realistic and speculative, hilarious and infuriating, incisive and irreverent, this pastiche mockumentary by Kevin Willmott—who won an Oscar for the similarly subversive BLACKKKLANSMAN—mixes Ken Burns-style pseudo-historicism with parodies of modern media in order not just to imagine what if the South had won the war, but more pressingly, what in America would change over the following century? Willmott's devastating answer is that not would be terribly different, a matter of degree rather than meaningful distinction, as racist stereotypes and structural disenfranchisement still hold sway in our country. Just look at the ongoing debate over removing Confederate monuments and flags to see that the Civil War ended not when the South lost, but when the North stopped fighting. See more Read all reviews
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Kevin Willmott

Director

Rupert Pate

Sherman Hoyle

Evamarii Johnson

Patricia Johnson

Larry Peterson

John Ambrose Fauntroy V

Charles Frank

British Narrator

Greg Hurd

Mr. Johnson

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Synopsis In mockumentary format, director Kevin Willmott examines an alternate world in which the Confederates won the American Civil War to establish the Confederate States of America -- a land that celebrates the practice and institution of slavery and racism. Following British documentarians as they interview several historians, politicians and other inhabitants of the Confederacy and neighboring Canada, Willmott has his protagonists delve into the history and events that led to this new modern day.
Director
Kevin Willmott
Producer
Rick Cowan, Sean Blake, Victoria Goetz, Matt Jacobson, Benjamin Meade
Screenwriter
Kevin Willmott
Rating
PG-13 (Racial Issues|Language|Disturbing Images|Strong Thematic Material)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$669.1K
Runtime
1h 29m
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