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.
Set in an contemporary alternative world where the Confederate States of America managed to win the American Civil War, a British film documentary examines the history of this nation. Beginning with its conquest of the northern states, the film covers the history of this state where racial enslavement became triumphant and the nation carried sinister designs of conquest. Interspersed throughout are various TV commercials of products of a virulent racist nature as well as public service announcements promoting this tyranny. Only at the end do you learn that there is less wholly imagined material in the film than you might suspect.
Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
The footage of the "JBU terrorist attack" was actually news reel footage from when a B-25 bomber accidentally crashed into the Empire State Building.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
When the transfer of power in Washington is being presented, the narrator says, "Dixie, a former musical show tune ironically penned by a northerner, replaces the national anthem." Even in the alternate timeline of the movie, there was no national anthem to replace. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was not officially recognized as the national anthem until 1931 (although the Navy had started using it in 1889 and it was recognized as semi-official by President Wilson in 1916). Prior to that, various songs served as unofficial anthems, including "Hail Columbia" and "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". It would have been more appropriate to have used the word "installed".
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Quotes
[first lines]
[commercial for Confederate Family Insurance]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:
A man fills many roles in his lifetime: provider, protector, master of the house. As a father you have a vital role in your family's life. They depend on you to be there. We help to make sure you can fulfill that promise, because
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:
no matter what they call you
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:
at the end of the day
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:
you know you're just
[pause]
[...]
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