C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Tonight I watched The Confederate States of America, a documentary about the Americas set in an alternate universe where the South won the Civil War. It’s a deeply flawed movie in both concept and execution and includes some of the worst acting I’ve seen in a quasi-major motion picture. Where’s Spike Lee when we need him? This sort of thing is his bread and butter?
However, intermixed among the bad acting, bizarre/pointless story and corny effects was the occasional gem, including this DW Griffith version of Abraham Lincoln’s attempted escape to Canada, in blackface, next to Harriet Tubman on the underground railroad. Beware, it’s pretty racist and hence probably NSFW:
YouTube also has a collection of racist alternative universe commercials used in the movie.
This is my first crack uploading anything to DailyMotion since my spat with YouTube, let me know if anything’s amiss.