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

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

PG-13

2004

1h 29m

Comedy

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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.

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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.

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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.

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Betsy Sherman

Arts Fuse

08/09/2017

[CSA is] an extraordinary new mock-u-mentary.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

08/30/2009

Brimming with daring concepts though only sporadically united into a lacerating whole

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

01/31/2008

B-

It's a film beaming with fertile ideas.

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Benjamin H

@RT03626419 Apr 24

This alternate history documentary is a brilliant satire of racism in the U.S. south. The reviews do not do it justice. Highly believable and disturbing.

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William B.

@willmbarnhill Mar 11

I keep coming back and rewatching this. A very good mockumentary, and definitely one of my favorite mockumentaries. I feel like it’s under appreciated and not seen by as many people as it should

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Jeffrey P

@vanillavoodoo1 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.

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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.

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06/26/2020

waste of time. Not funny at all

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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.

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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