Civil War

2021

Action / Documentary / Drama

2
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 276 276

Plot summary

A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.

Director

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Rachel Boynton

Top cast

Kehinde Wiley Photo
Kehinde Wiley as Self - Artist
Rachel Boynton Photo
Rachel Boynton as Self - Documentary Filmmaker
Cate Arnold Photo
Cate Arnold as Self - Boston School Teacher
Robert Epperson Photo
Robert Epperson as Self - Sons Of Confederate Veterans
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926.83 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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1.86 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by supercygnus 7 / 10

Good intentions but unfocused

This would have benefited from a more narrow scope because the subject matter is massive and complicated. It bounces around and scratches surfaces but ultimately seems to almost be saying that we'll never be able to change minds. I don't think that was the intention. The interviewer seems to lead or set ip answers a bit too often as well. But still there are powerful and occasionally truly disturbing moments that will leave you thinking and hopefully talking.
Reviewed by twelve-house-books 9 / 10

The "Lost Cause" Narrative

This documentary discusses in a wide variety of ways the "Lost Cause" Narrative, one in which, as a child born and raised in the Deep South, I was taught as the truth and propagated myself through jokes, slurs, and mistruths about Blacks, the South, slavery, etc. Essentially, the narrative in question teaches through repetition that the Civil War was not about slavery but States' rights (to secede), but would any State have seceded if their institution of slavery had not been threatened? Of course not. Why would you intentionally embargo yourself if you didn't feel that your entire world philosophy had dangerous opponents? After all, it was well known that Abraham Lincoln was a Melungeon--Black, Indian, and Portuguese--and the States seceded because they could see that he would become President and oppose their revered institution. Slavery had to be stopped, and it is unfortunate that violent means had to be employed, but it is maybe more unfortunate that in the case of the Civil War the losers have written--or rewritten--history in order to maintain their sense of superiority over another human ethnicity considered to be somehow inferior to those with light or "white" skin. Gone With The Wind. And good riddance. Help kill the Lost Cause narrative.
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