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C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) DVD Review
C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) DVD Credits:
C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) Directed by:
Kevin Willmott
C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) Written by:
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C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) Released by:
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1
C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) DVD Release Date:
7th August 2006
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C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) Synopsis:

C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) DVD Review:

Our fascination with history is what makes C.S.A. The Confederate States of America work. The forced viewing of numerous history documentaries in school may easily be what causes many viewers to turn off the extremely similar faux documentary. Although it is a genius blend of reality with very clear fiction, C.S.A. may have the danger of becoming too realistic, to the point of boring viewers. It isn’t that the material in the film is boring, because this is not the case; the film is just too similar to films that are difficult to sit through for the average viewer, and this can take some getting used to. Under the right circumstances, C.S.A. will pay off big, with both humor and information about some of the true elements in the film.

C.S.A. slowly brings us into how the world today would be if the south had won. Instead of jumping right into it, the documentary gives the history from The Civil War on, until we have reached a time when slaves can be bought on the home shopping network and they are a highly sold product on the internet, second only to pornography. The payoff is the more modern segments, although there are some great moments in the history of the C.S.A., such as the death of American art forms and the escape of artists to Canada. Canadian sports teams always beat the C.S.A. because they have black athletes.

The low point of the faux documentary is many of the skits, or segments requiring actors. While the commercials are hilarious and well done, any of the footage shot to resemble actual documentary footage ends up looking like re-enactment footage. The film uses old government informational film and actual stock footage from history, and these bits have an authentic feel to them, especially with the British narration, and the commercials are very funny, but the fabricated movie segments are overacted, and clearly ruin the effect of the faux documentary. The film turns very suddenly into a Blair Witch Project direction when the “filmmakers” follow a slave into a dark field in the middle of the night. What saves the film is the detailed information about the jokes at the end of the film. It brings the film back to reality and away from bad acting.

The DVD has a commentary track with the director, Kevin Willmott, and the producer, Rick Cowan. There is also a separate audio track with just Kevin Willmott, giving a more historical commentary about the truth behind the fake documentary. There is a making-of featurette and deleted scenes as well.

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C.S.A. The Confederate States Of America (2006) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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