SummaryCSA: The Confederate States of America, through the eyes of a faux documentary, takes a look at an America where the South won the Civil War. Supposedly produced by a British broadcasting company, the feature film is presented as a production being shown, controversially, for the first time on television in the States. (IFC Films)
Directed By:Kevin Willmott
Written By:Kevin Willmott
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
48% Positive
10 Reviews
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52% Mixed
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100
A brilliant and irresistible counterfactual overview of American history.
83
C.S.A. has a love-it-or-hate-it bite that probably will lead to a few passionate post-screening discussions.
75
As a coherent, well-judged alternative history, the movie's a mess. As a thought-provoking and frequently hilarious jeremiad, it scores again and again.
60
This is a clever premise stretched perhaps a little too far.
60
More intriguing on paper than when it actually unspools onscreen. Kevin Willmott's small-scaled but ambitious picture is well-researched, sometimes amusing and not unintelligent.
50
CSA is a sophomoric film essay that would have barely rated a passing grade from a tougher teacher.
50
Of course, the very existence of someone like Willmott -- a black university professor who can make an angry, ruthless satire about American racism with impunity -- suggests that we're still a long way from living in the CSA.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
69% Positive
9 Ratings
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15% Mixed
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Mar 24, 2012
10
C.S.A. is an excellent satirical-historical product, cleverly using the Ken Burns' style of documentary making. I am pleased to have found it, and plan to share it with my friends. I fail to understand some other viewers' negative reaction to the film. I offer a compound question to them: Do you not understand satire or are you simply an ignorant, defensive racist? America has more than its share of ignoramuses and bigots. Such creatures will not find C.S.A. appealing.
Jun 25, 2020
0
crap! movie - not funny at all. Waste of time! Wish i could get the time back! I kept waiting for it to get better. It’s just kept repeatedly getting worse.
Production Company:
- Hodcarrier Films
Release Date:Feb 15, 2006
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:What if the South had won the War?
Awards
BendFilm Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fantasporto
• 1 Nomination
Locarno Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
