{"id":31507,"date":"2014-07-21T22:27:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T05:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=31507"},"modified":"2014-07-22T23:13:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T06:13:25","slug":"america-imagine-the-world-without-her-dsouzasullivan-2014-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=31507","title":{"rendered":"America; Imagine the World Without Her (D’Souza\/Sullivan, 2014): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy<\/a>.\u00a0 Viewed at Plaza De Oro Twin, Santa Barbara, CA.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Imagine if George Washington had been taken out by a sniper during the Revolutionary War, or if Hitler had got ahold of the Atomic Bomb before\u00a0us – a much more frightening\u00a0outcome in history\u00a0might have prevailed.\u00a0 The consequences of\u00a0this vision\u00a0would mean that\u00a0America<\/a><\/em> might very well have become a\u00a0territory of\u00a0Great Britain, and Hitler most definitely would have\u00a0succeeded in\u00a0his dream to rule the world.<\/p>\n

We however, gained\u00a0liberty from the Crown, and also got ahold of the bomb first, bringing an end to WWII, but not before giving the Japanese government plenty of time to surrender.\u00a0 Our\u00a0nation\u00a0also set about rebuilding both Germany and Japan, just after the war’s end, and at our taxpayer’s expense no less – what other country does that?<\/p>\n

Filmmaker and New York Times bestseller\u00a0Dinesh D’Souza, sets the record straight as to the truth and consequences of the American dream.\u00a0 By pointing out the misconceptions perpetuated by many in\u00a0higher education and the media, D’Souza sets about to dispel the indictments against our country, and offers a more hopeful mindset.<\/p>\n

Among the many indictments, such as genocide, land grabbing, and resource theft, perhaps the most currently pervasive\u00a0is the issue of slavery.\u00a0 Though acrimony exists today amongst many of our fellow brethren, no other country has ever\u00a0fought “brother against brother”, in such a bloody Civil War as ours,\u00a0in order to end the wretched\u00a0institution.\u00a0 Though slavery\u00a0has been a\u00a0practice in many cultures, such as in Africa, Egypt and China, we miraculously continue to move forward to protect our rights, and have much to be thankful for.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, there were quite a few black slave masters in our country, dating all the way back to the 1600’s, many of whom were notorious slave breeders.\u00a0 One such slave owner was William Ellison, a cotton\u00a0gin maker who owned over 60 slaves, and supported the Confederacy – this is the downside of America.<\/p>\n

The upside of America are the\u00a0high-achievers\u00a0such as\u00a0Madame C. J. Walker.\u00a0 Long before Oprah, Madame C. J. Walker was the first in her family to be born\u00a0after the Emancipation Proclamation.\u00a0 And although\u00a0born into poverty, she\u00a0is recognized as the first female, self-made millionaire.\u00a0 A\u00a0mother at 14 and a widow\u00a0by 20, she began working as a cleaning lady\u00a0in her brothers’ barber shop.\u00a0 She saved every penny and\u00a0learned a great deal about hair care, ultimately developing her own product line.\u00a0 After learning marketing skills and how to run a company, she then taught other women how to sell and be successful in life.\u00a0 The most important of her attributes was philanthropy, and teaching others how to give back.\u00a0 Did I mention\u00a0she was a black American, and this was the early 1900’s?\u00a0 Women weren’t allowed to vote until 1920.<\/p>\n

Cutting back and forth between reenactments and archival footage, America <\/em>also exposes the leftist\u00a0propaganda of\u00a0Saul Alinsky and his cunning “community organizational skills,” which include tactics such as inflaming, manipulating and causing division between the Haves and the Have-Nots.\u00a0 Two of his devout followers are heavy-hitters in our current administration.\u00a0 Many of Alinsky’s thug-like skills were proudly\u00a0acquired by hanging out with Frank Nitti, Al Capone’s #2 man, explained from Alinsky’s own voice-over.<\/p>\n

There are interesting political commentaries as well,\u00a0by Constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz, U2’s Bono, Star Parker and many others.\u00a0 The film also\u00a0provides an uplifting effect on the viewer,\u00a0rather than\u00a0a hopeless one,\u00a0by reminding us of the traits\u00a0so common to most Americans, such as generosity, independence, and fortitude.<\/p>\n

Producer Gerald R. Molen also produced Rain Man<\/em> (1988), Schindler’s List<\/em> (1993), and Jurassic Park<\/em> (1993), to name just a few of his hits, and you must sit through all of the credits in order to hear\u00a0an updated rendition of The Star Spangled Banner<\/em> by Madison Rising.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy.\u00a0 Viewed at Plaza De Oro Twin, Santa Barbara, CA. \u00a0 Imagine if George Washington had been taken out by a sniper during the Revolutionary War, or if Hitler had got ahold of the Atomic Bomb before\u00a0us – a much more frightening\u00a0outcome in history\u00a0might have prevailed.\u00a0 The consequences of\u00a0this vision\u00a0would mean that\u00a0America […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}