If you are willing to suspend disbelief (the Confederacy wanted to secede, not take over) and if you like alternative-history fiction, you will greatly admire this piece. The bulk of the film is a Ken Burns-esque BBC doc on the history of the CSA from the War of Northern Aggression to today, with commercials sprinkled in. The ads, mostly for racist products, turn out all to be real items that were available as late as the 1980s (“Coon’s Chicken” and the like.) A pretty scary film; government fear mongering is the same whether its commies, terrorists or abolitionists. Good job on a low low budget, too.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
