C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
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| Directed by | Kevin Willmott |
| Produced by | Rick Cowan Ollie Hall Sean Blake Victoria Goetz Benjamin Meade Andrew Herwitz Marvin Voth |
| Written by | Kevin Willmott |
| Starring |
Rupert Pate Evamarii Johnson Larry Peterson |
| Narrated by | Charles Frank |
| Music by | Erich L. Timkar Kelly Werts |
| Cinematography | Matt Jacobson |
| Edited by | Sean Blake David Gramly |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Release date
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January 2004 (Sundance Film Festival) |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a 2004 mockumentary directed by Kevin Willmott. It is an account of an alternate history, wherein the Confederacy wins the American Civil War and establishes a new Confederate States of America that incorporates the majority of the Western Hemisphere, including the former contiguous United States, the "Golden Circle", the Caribbean, and South America. The film primarily details significant political and cultural events of Confederate history from its founding until the early 2000s. This viewpoint is used to satirize real-life issues and events, and to shed light on the continuing existence of discrimination in American culture. C.S.A was released on DVD on August 8, 2006.
Willmott, who had earlier written a screenplay about abolitionist John Brown, told interviewers he was inspired to write the story after seeing an episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War. It was produced through his Hodcarrier Films.
The movie is presented as if it were a British documentary being broadcast on Confederate network television, including fictional commercials between segments. It opens with a fictional disclaimer that suggests that censorship came close to preventing the broadcast, that its point of view might not coincide with that of the TV network, and that it might not be suitable for viewing by children and "servants." It purports to disagree with an orthodox Confederate interpretation of American history.
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