Comments | my_daroga: Film review: C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

my_daroga

Film review: C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

Aug 22, 2006 16:00

So. Pretend you’re sitting down at home to watch the must-see British documentary of the year. It’s so controversial, you’re even willing to sit through the commercials. Now pretend you live, not in the United, but the Confederate States of America. And that the documentary is about the history of your great nation ( Read more... )

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cdaae August 22 2006, 23:06:31 UTC

Adding to my "to rent" list...

BTW, your CD arrived today, my sister's been here so I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but shall tomorrow!

my_daroga August 22 2006, 23:17:13 UTC

I think you'll get a kick out of the movie, as you actually have a sense of humor.

Yay! I can't believe it took this long--I'm so sorry! I sent it ages ago. Enjoy!

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my_daroga August 22 2006, 23:34:01 UTC

Yes, I meant to touch on this, but forgot my notes. I had a problem with the Germans not winning either war without the CSA's involvment. So, no Nazis. Even if you *get* to WWII as it happened for us, Hitler's suddenly defeated? By whom?

At some point, I just had to sit back and watch it, mostly for the commercials and stuff (as I thought that made their point somewhat better) and not attend too much to the "historical" details. It wasn't worked out carefully enough; perhaps because the film needed a CSA that was like the USA in all but the key ways. One other thing they didn't address was the economic impact of continued slavery and what that would mean. I don't rightly know, but it would have done something.

Hmm. I need to revise my review.