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Its like jeanluc godard directing a screenplay by dave chappelle. Before pearl harbor, the region of the united states that was most eager to wage war on the nazis was exactly the south, not only due to their anglophilia but also due to them being outraged at nazi antisemitism. The confederate states of america, kevin willmotts bitingly funny and scathingly honest film, which is told as if it was a bbc documentary. The confederate states of america movieguide movie. Confederate was a planned american alternate history drama television series developed for the network hbo by david benioff and d. It is an account of an alternate history, wherein the confederacy wins the american civil war and establishes a new confederate states of america that incorporates the majority of the western hemisphere, including the former contiguous. Larry peterson as senator john ambrose fauntroy v, a descendant of confederate senator john ambrose. A the confederate states of america is a 2004 us alternate history film in the form of a mockdocumentary made by the bbc on the history of the csa this in a timeline in which which the confederacy had decisively won the civil war and absorbed the defeated us.
Boston and new york are burned to tinder and the right to own slaves is protected by the constitution. A the confederate states of america civil war wiki. The confederate states of america is the brainchild of kevin wilmot, a film professor at the university of kansas. It depicts an alternate history where the confederacy not only won the american civil war but grew in power and conquered the north as well, and focuses on the socioeconomic ramifications of such a world. A the confederate states of america, a faux documentary. Evamarii johnson as patricia johnson, an africancanadian historian whose viewpoints focus on. A the confederate states of america, made in 2004 and returning to ifc this weekend, presents a boldly premonitory vision of political horrors.
Through the eyes of a british documentary, this film takes a. The confederate states of america critics consensus. It even has commercial breaks of very racially charged commercials. The confederate states of america 2004 considers what might have happened had the south won the civil war. The confederate states of america all the more impressive. It takes the style of a ken burns documentary as it goes through the rewritten history of oppression. The confederate states of america is a chilling and meticulously researched faux documentary set in an alternate reality where the confederate states of america won the. The confederate states of america was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the united states in 1860 following the election of president.
Jul 20, 2017 willmott, when reached by text thursday, told the star, all i can say is executive producer of my film, c. The series was to be set in a timeline where the american civil war ended in a stalemate. All it takes is a handheld camera, a chyron generator, and some friends whove taken an improv class. If anything, its one of the least implausible counterfactuals presented by the film. The confederate states of america movie 2004 video. A confederate states of america and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. This is an extremely bigoted, untrue view of christianity, by. A confederate states of america, spike lee, and i will be speaking with our. The confederate states of america on dvd august 8, 2006 starring charles frank, evamarii johnson, rupert pate, larry peterson.
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The confederate states of america, through the eyes of a faux documentary, takes a look at 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 movie creates a history where the confederates get win the war of northern aggression. George bernard shaw, presented before the film starts. Its a fictional tongueincheek account of an alternate. Confederate states of america loan the library of congress. The confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slaveholding states. A confederate states of america, purports to show what america might have become had the confederacy won the civil war, and the union allowed itself to be annexed by the south. Which presents an america ruled by the confederacy in a mockumentary format. The confederate states of america dvd, 2006 for sale. Confederate states of america loan seven per cent, february 20th 1863 authorized by the act of congress c. The confederate states of america spike lee the guardian. The confederacy compels the defeated north to accept slavery or face punitive taxes and history is rearranged. The film which premired in 2004 and was released in 2006 is an ingenious vision of.
The confederate states of america is an idea without a purpose. The confederate states of america is a mock documentary about the confederate states of america. Willmott, when reached by text thursday, told the star, all i can say is executive producer of my film, c. If youve ever wondered what the course america history might have taken if the south had won the civil war, you might like to check.
The northern states are absorbed into the confederacy. Its an irreverent, darkly comic movie that features fake commercials for. Through the eyes of a british documentary, this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an. It is a fictional tongueincheek account of an alternate history in which the confederates won the american civil war and established control over all of the united states. This movie takes the form of a british documentary, covering the evolution of the confederate states of america after the south won. Though we currently exist under the occupation of the united states, our culture, history, heritage, and most importantly our constitution are alive and unconquered. Beginning with its conquest of the northern states, the film covers the history of this state where racial enslavement became triumphant and the nation carried sinister designs of conquest. A the confederate states of america faux ken burnsstyle documentary recounting the last 140 years of american history as if the south had won the civil war is.
Using fabricated movie segments, old government information films, television commercials and actual stock footage from our own history, csa. Aug 23, 2017 the confederate states of america, the confederacy is much bigger than the south revisiting the mockumentary that imagines a country in which the confederate ideology was never defeated. A confederate states of america assumes a fauxdocumentary guise to posit an alternate american reality in which the south was victorious in the war of northern aggression. Rupert pate as sherman hoyle, a confederate american historian who speaks highly. Supposedly produced by a british broadcasting company, the feature film is presented as a production being shown, controversially, for the first time on television in the states. Presented as a mockumentary, this film through the use of fabricated movie segments and actual footage, attempts to sheds light on what america would be like if the south won the civil war. The confederate states of america movie movie insider. Through the eyes of a british documentary, this film takes a satirically humorous. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the confederate states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god. Jan 21, 2006 a satiric rebuke to the prevailing historical stance that the civil war was fought not over slavery but, rather, over the more encompassing issue of states rights, kevin willmotts c. His mockumentary has been painstakingly researched and thought through, in the spirit of a classy history channel special.
A the confederate states of america box office mojo. We discuss the madefortv ifc original film, confederate states of america. This viewpoint is used to satirize subsequent issues and events in american culture. To reach its premise, however, the film is forced to do a great deal of historical contortionism, which tends to unnecessarily muddle the message of the film. After its premiere at the sundance film festival, ifc films purchased the film for domestic theatrical distribution. Inflation became rampant as the paper money depreciated and eventually became worthless.
Confederate states of america watch full episodes and. Aug 11, 2017 while confederate states of america and amazons black america approach civil war alternative history in very different ways, both feature african americans telling their own painful stories. With greg kirsch, renee patrick, molly graham, william willmott. A the confederate states of america is a 2004 mockumentary directed by kevin willmott. Hbos new confederate is eerily similar to film by ku. From this point up to present day the confederate states of america grows to become the most powerful nation on earth. Its central notion its a mockumentary about the history of america had the south won the civil war is so very promising that writerdirector kevin willmotts failure to properly run with it only compounds the eventual disappointment. 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. A the confederate states of america is a 2004 american mockumentary that is directed by kevin willmott. Welcome to the official website for the provisional government of the confederate states of america established november 2004. The confederate states of america dvd, 2006 at the best online prices at ebay. Confederate states of america is a mockumentary that explores the scenario of the south winning the civil war. Slavery of course plays a huge part of the new nation and this is covered quite matteroffactly throughout and i found myself amazed at how well some historical incidents were tweaked slightly to fit this narrative.
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