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.

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

"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.

Feb 16, 2017

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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.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 16, 2006

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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.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 16, 2006

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Betsy Sherman

Arts Fuse

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

Aug 9, 2017

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

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

Aug 30, 2009

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's a film beaming with fertile ideas.

Rated: B-

Jan 31, 2008

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

waste of time. Not funny at all

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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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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