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''C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America'' is a 2004 mockumentary directed by Kevin Willmott. It's a fictional tongue-in-cheek account of an alternate history in which the Confederates won the American Civil War, establishing a new Confederate States of America that incorporates the entire former United States of 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. ==Overview== The movie is presented as if it were a British documentary being broadcast on Confederate network television, and included fictional commercials between segments of the documentary. 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. It portrays two historians: Sherman Hoyle, a conservative Southerner, and Patricia Johnson, a black Canadian, as "talking heads," providing commentary. Throughout the documentary, Confederate politician and Democratic presidential candidate, John Ambrose Fauntroy V (the great-grandson of one of the men who helped to create the CSA), is interviewed. Narration explains faux historical newsreel footage, which is either acted for the production, or made of genuine footage dubbed with fictional narration. Racialist adverts aimed at white slave-owning families appear throughout the movie, including an electronic shackle for tracking runaway slaves, a ''Runaway'' television program (parodying ''COPS''), Sambo X-15 Axle Grease, Darkie Toothpaste, Gold Dust washing powder, Niggerhair cigarettes, and the Coon Chicken Inn restaurant. Additional commercials were produced but deleted from the film's final cut, including several for the Confederate States Air Force and a children's show, ''Uncle Tom and Friends'', which features among other classic cartoons: Dixie and Pixie, Jinks, and Yogi Bear. The sitcom ''Beulah'' is portrayed as ''Leave It to Beulah''. Also shown is a slave auction held online, with the Internet replacing the traditional slave market. At the film's end, titles note that parts of the alternate timeline are based on real history, and that some of the racist products depicted did exist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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