CSA: Confederate States of America (2003)
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American history is turned on its head in this bitterly satirical mockumentary from writer and director Kevin Willmott. Taking the form of a BBC documentary about slavery in America, C.S.A. traces the history of the Confederate States of America, beginning in 1863 as the Southern States turned the… More American history is turned on its head in this bitterly satirical mockumentary from writer and director Kevin Willmott. Taking the form of a BBC documentary about slavery in America, C.S.A. traces the history of the Confederate States of America, beginning in 1863 as the Southern States turned the tide in the War of Northern Aggression when, with the help of British and French troops, they won a decisive victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. Two years later, Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to Robert E. Lee as the Confederacy emerged victorious against the United States of America. As Abraham Lincoln and many other supporters of the Abolitionist cause fled to Canada, the Northern States were gradually absorbed into the Confederacy, and the right to own slaves became the uncontested law of the land. Over the course of the next 150 years, the Confederate States of America grew to become the most powerful nation on Earth, and persevered through wars in Spain and Latin America that expanded Confederate territories, and stood tall against Japan thanks to an alliance with German leader Adolf Hitler. In the present day, the Confederate States of America remain a power to be reckoned with, despite foreign pressures to eliminate the slavery programs that are the economic backbone of the country, a long simmering "cold war" with Canada, and the ongoing conflict against the Muslim Menace. Featuring staged interviews with "noted historians," mock newsreel footage, and inside-out versions of present-day news and entertainment programming, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America received an enthusiastic reception in its screenings at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kevin Willmott
- Written By
- Kevin Wilmott
- Genres
- Documentary, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Feb 15, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- IFC Films
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
The satire comes to feel strained and the whole premise gets awfully precious, reducing social subtleties to cinematic simplicities.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
A sometimes incisive, sometimes amateurish look at race in America, the things we do and tolerate as a nation that are really no different from an America ruled by unrepentant slave-holders.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
A piece of well-crafted righteous indignation.
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Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
[Writer/Director] Willmott could have easily stumbled over his own cleverness but, as with the rest of the movie, his fantasia is intellectually rigorous and makes for stimulating debate.
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Cast
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Rupert Pate
as Sherman Hoyle
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Evamarii Johnson
as Barbara Johnson
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Larry Peterson
as John Amrose Fauntroy
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Charles Frank
as Narrator
- Fernando Arenas
- Jon Niccum
- Richard A. Buswell
- Rodney Hill
- Ryan L. Carroll
- Sean Blake
- Troy Moore
- Larry J. Peterson
- Don Carlton
- Greg Hurd
- Greg Kirsch
- Molly Graham
- Renee Patrick
- William Willmott
