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| | name = America:<br />Imagine the World Without Her | |||
| | image = America Imagine a World Without Her.jpg | |||
| | alt = | |||
| | caption = Theatrical release poster | |||
| | director = {{Plainlist | | |||
| * ] | |||
| * John Sullivan | |||
| }} | |||
| | producer = {{Plainlist | | |||
| * Dinesh D'Souza | |||
| * ] | |||
| }} | |||
| | writer = {{Plainlist | | |||
| * Dinesh D'Souza | |||
| * John Sullivan | |||
| * Bruce Schooley | |||
| }} | |||
| | based on = {{Based on|''America: Imagine the World Without Her''|Dinesh D'Souza}} | |||
| | starring = Dinesh D'Souza | |||
| | music = Bryan E. Miller | |||
| | cinematography = Benjamin Huddleston | |||
| | editing = {{Plainlist | | |||
| * Rickie Lee | |||
| * Jeffrey Linford | |||
| }} | |||
| | distributor = ] | |||
| | released = {{Film date|2014|06|27|limited|2014|07|02|wide}} | |||
| | runtime = 103 minutes | |||
| | country = United States | |||
| | language = English | |||
| | budget = | |||
| | gross = $14.4 million | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''America: Imagine the World Without Her''''' is a 2014 political documentary film by ] and is a follow-up to his previous documentary '']'' (2012). In the follow-up, the conservative filmmaker seeks to portray United States history in a more positive light, in contrast to perceived liberal critiques of its history, including theft of Native American and Mexican lands, black slavery, contemporary foreign policy, and its capitalist system.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://americaintheaters.com/about/ | title=Synopsis | work=americaintheaters.com | publisher=America Film, LLC | accessdate=January 19, 2015 }}</ref> D'Souza collaborated with John Sullivan and Bruce Schooley to adapt his book of the same name into a screenplay. D'Souza produced the documentary with ] and directed it with Sullivan. The film combined historical reenactments with interviews with different political figures. | |||
| ''America'' was marketed to political conservatives and through Christian marketing firms. ] released ''America'' in three theaters on {{nowrap|June 27}}, 2014 and expanded its distribution on the weekend of the U.S. holiday ] on July 4, 2014. ] reported that the opening-weekend audiences gave the film an "A+" grade. The film grossed {{nowrap|$14.4 million}}, which made it the highest-grossing documentary in the United States in 2014, though D'Souza's previous documentary ''2016'' had grossed over {{nowrap|$33 million}}. Most professional film critics panned the film as partisan. Political commentators analyzed D'Souza's rebuttal of Howard Zinn's criticisms, the filmmaker's treatment of Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, and D'Souza's depiction of his prosecution. Conservative commentators expressed a mix of full and qualified support for the documentary and D'Souza's intentions. Following the documentary's theatrical release, Republican state legislators in ] proposed legislation to require students to see the documentary. | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
| Setting the stage for a presentation of their views, D'Souza and Sullivan provide ] in which ] is killed during the ], or the country is divided following civil war, creating a world without America that would be vastly worse off.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Buchanan|first1=Jason|title=Synopsis|url=http://www.fandango.com/america_174736/plotsummary|website=]|publisher=Rovi}}</ref> D'Souza identifies himself as an Indian immigrant who chose America, and has been impressed with what a unique force for good it is, something Americans have traditionally agreed with. He claims modern leftists are “telling a new story”, however, contradicting traditional veneration for America in order to “convince a nation to author its own destruction” and “unmake the America that is here now.” He then challenges several "indictments" made against the country and ], including sociology professor and activist ] claim that “Thievery" was the “critical element” for “American empire” and historian and activist ] assertion that the US is the world's new evil empire, and says that 1960s Chicago radical ], historian ], and others have promoted guilt and resentment regarding ] that has helped shape the political careers of ] and ]. | |||
| D'Souza argues that America's wealth has been created, not stolen. He says the $700 used to purchase colonial Manhattan from American Indians could buy many desolate parcels globally today, but that individual industry has made New York real estate worth billions. He states that in Europe, India, and elsewhere most countries have been founded on conquest, and observes that the American pattern of wealth creation hasn't been the universal norm. He cites examples like Arab historian ] preferring looting to trade and says that merchants form Hinduism’s second-lowest social caste. | |||
| The film argues that American Indians exhibited this "conquest ethic" among themselves, and that most of what American Indian depopulation occurred during European colonization resulted from the accidental transmission of plagues that had earlier devastated Europe, not an intent to wipe out a people. It says modern American Indians have little interest in returning to their hunter-gatherer past. In an interview Senator ] compares the ] to the ]. Professor and ] advocate Charles Truxillo is contrasted with an interviewed American of Mexican descent who says he has no desire to return to a poverty and crime ridden Mexico and instead wants to live the "American Dream". | |||
| D'Souza says that slavery impeded American development, rather than boosting it. The film argues that slavery was an omnipresent phenomenon for most of human history, but that its abolition was "uniquely Western", noting the rarity of a "great war fought to end slavery" like the ]. According to the film the ] essentially says “liberty is the solution to injustice,” a “promissory note” cashed throughout history by Americans such as ]. ], the black entrepreneur and daughter of slaves who is regarded as America's first self made female millionaire, is cited as an example of the type of individual success story the American system allows that is ignored by historians like Zinn because it undermines their leftist narrative. ] economist ] is shown saying that the “world is embracing the free market,” for which there is “no reason for us to be apologetic.” The film outlines how free enterprise, consumer choice rather than coercion, has raised living standards by making existing goods cheaper and creating new ones. | |||
| The film challenges the notion that America is a rapacious conqueror by arguing that Americans have sacrificed for human well being around the world, including places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, and Japan, seeking in return only “enough ground to bury” their dead, as former Secretary of State ] is quoted as saying. A US veteran of ] captivity is interviewed discussing his desire to liberate Vietnam. D'Souza reflects on Lincoln's assassination and the continuing cost of freedom, saying that Americans no longer have past heroes like Washington and Lincoln, but "we do have us” in “our struggle for the restoration of America.” | |||
| <ref>{{cite web |author = Harrod, Andrew E.|title=Imaging a World without America; Dinesh D'Souza's New Film Refutes Detractors Who Scorn Her History |url=http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/1/harrod-imagining-a-world-without-america/ |publisher='']'' | location= Washington, DC| accessdate=July 28, 2014 | date=July 2, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Cast== | |||
| * John Koopman ... General ] | |||
| * Don Taylor ... President ] | |||
| * Josh Bonzie ... ] | |||
| * Janitta Swain ... ] | |||
| * Michelle Swink ... ] | |||
| * Rett Terrell ... ] | |||
| * Rodney Luis Aquino ... ] | |||
| * Michael D. Arite ... Major ] | |||
| * Chad Baker ... ] | |||
| * Rich Bentz ... ] | |||
| ==Interviewees== | |||
| Dinesh D'Souza conducted interviews with the following individuals:<ref name="leydon" /> | |||
| * ], a Native American activist | |||
| * ], a political commentator and ] activist | |||
| * ], a professor of ] at ] | |||
| * ], the ] ] for ] | |||
| * ], the junior United States Senator from ] | |||
| * ], a scholar on ] and ] | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' is directed by ] and John Sullivan. The two wrote a screenplay with Bruce Schooley based on D'Souza's book of the same title. The documentary was produced under the director's company D'Souza Entertainment. Sullivan said he was inspired by the ] miniseries '']'', "I really thought that there was something in that style which allows you to tell a bigger story." The director said the fiscal success of '']'' allowed the filmmakers to raise financing for ''America''. Re-enactment scenes were filmed in ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news | last=William | first=Kevin | url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/01/john-sullivan-america-interview | title='America' Co-Director John Sullivan Takes Stand for U.S. Exceptionalism | work=] | date=July 1, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> Actor John Koopman III, a resident of ] who had portrayed General George Washington at state and national parks throughout the United States, was cast to portray Washington in the documentary. Koopman brought his own historical wardrobe and horse for filming, which took place in Camden over the course of four days.<ref>{{cite news | last=Sipe | first=Corey | url=http://articles.courant.com/2014-07-08/news/rnw-cr-colchester-actor-0711-20140707_1_george-washington-new-film-first-d-day | title=Colchester actor plays George Washington in new film | work=] | date=July 8, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| The filmmakers chose to feature clips of celebrities including ], ], and ] to illustrate the documentary's points to audiences who may be unfamiliar with historical figures like ]. Harrelson is shown condemning the United States's treatment of Native Americans. The film also shows Howard Zinn's history book ''A People's History of the United States'' being mentioned by Damon's character in the film '']'' as well as in the TV series '']''. A clip featuring Bono, who did not participate in the production, is shown to illustrate support for ].<ref name="bond20140705">{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-dinesh-dsouzas-america-features-716708 | title=Why Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Features Clips of Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson | journal=] | date=July 5, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| The filmmakers also sought to license the song "]" recorded by ], but the licensing was denied by one of the songwriters due to the political premise of the documentary. They instead involved ], founder of ], who recorded a heavy metal guitar version of "]" for the film. The filmmakers also licensed the song "America" by ] and "]" by ].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-america-feature-megadeth-707534 | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' to Feature Megadeth Founder's Heavy Metal National Anthem | journal=] | date=May 28, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| In addition to the theatrical cut, D'Souza edited an 80-minute cut for educational purposes, removing interviews with political pundits. He said, "It's all purely historical content now."<ref name="atteberry" /> | |||
| ==Marketing== | |||
| Dinesh D'Souza released the trailer for ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' on {{nowrap|January 26}}, 2014.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-america-trailer-released-674121 | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Trailer Released | journal=] | date=January 26, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> He later screened the trailer to {{nowrap|3,500 attendees}} at the ] in Washington, DC on {{nowrap|March 7}}, 2014.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-trailer-dinesh-dsouzas-america-686669 | title=New Trailer for Dinesh D'Souza's 'America': Watch George Washington Killed | journal=] | date=March 7, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> The filmmakers hired Christian marketing firms to create a sermon, replete with video clips, based on the documentary, and make it available for download. '']'' said on {{nowrap|June 19}}, 2014 that over 1,000 preachers had downloaded the sermon and that insiders expected the number to reach 5,000 before the film's release. The filmmakers also emailed 120,000 evangelical churches asking them to promote the film and hired the company Faithit.com to contact 80,000 Christian consumers.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-america-marketing-targets-713396 | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Marketing Targets Church Groups | journal=] | date=June 19, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> In the following July, D'Souza and fellow filmmaker Bruce Schooley traveled to the state of ] to promote the documentary on radio and television programs owned by ].<ref name="zuylen">{{cite journal | last=Van Zuylen-Wood | first=Simon | url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/dinesh-d-souza-is-winning-20140912 | title=Dinesh D'Souza Is Winning | journal=] | date=September 13, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| D'Souza wrote the book ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'', on which the documentary is based. When the warehouse club ] pulled the book from its shelves shortly before the film's release, conservative media and fans on social media criticized the move. Costco said it pulled the book due to low sales. D'Souza disputed the explanation, saying the book had only been out a few weeks and had surged to #1 on ], while Costco stocked hundreds of much lower-selling books. He and other conservatives asserted it was pulled because one of Costco's co-founders, ], supported Obama's politics.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Barnhart | first1=Melissa | title=Dinesh D'Souza Says Costco's Decision to Pull His Book From Stores Was Political | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/dinesh-dsouza-says-costcos-decision-to-pull-his-book-from-stores-was-political-123006/ | accessdate=November 6, 2014 | work=] | date=July 9, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Connelly | first=Joel | url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/07/08/costco-pulls-book-by-anti-obama-author-dinesh-dsouza-from-its-stores/ | title=Costco pulls book by anti-Obama author Dinesh D’Souza from its stores | work=] | date=July 8, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> Costco reordered the book and cited the documentary's release and related interest for the reorder.<ref>{{cite news | last=Chasmar | first=Jessica | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/9/costco-re-stock-dinesh-dsouzas-america-after-publi/ | title=Costco caves: Dinesh D’Souza’s book to be re-stocked after public outcry | work=] | date=July 9, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| Since ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' and its predecessor ''2016: Obama's America'' share "America" in their titles, several film websites, including ], ], and ], had difficulty presenting results for the newer documentary. While these websites resolved the results, the filmmakers contacted the search engine ] to complain about a lack of immediate search results pertaining to the documentary. Other results, including ''2016: Obama's America'' and '']'' and '']'', were being shown instead. They expressed concern that a lack of results, including showtimes, would affect the documentary's gross.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/america-filmmakers-demand-know-why-717081 | title='America' Filmmakers Demand to Know Why Google is Getting Their Search Results Wrong | journal=] | date=July 8, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> D'Souza claimed that the lack of search results was politically motivated on Google's part.<ref>{{cite news | last=Pulver | first=Andrew | url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/09/rightwing-us-film-maker-claims-google-search-is-politically-biased | title=Rightwing US film-maker claims Google search is politically biased | work=] | date=July 9, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> A preliminary fix stopped listing results for either of D'Souza's documentaries. Google said the term "America" being common in film titles prevented specific results, and it updated its ] to show results for the 2014 documentary.<ref>{{cite news | last=Patten | first=Dominic | url=http://deadline.com/2014/07/dinesh-dsouza-america-google-missing-movie-showtimes-806191/ | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Slams Google Again Over Missing Search Results | publisher=] | date=July 18, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=McKay | first=Hollie | url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/07/16/google-denies-playing-politics-with-its-algorithms-for-dinesh-dsouza-america/ | title=Google responds to problems with searches for Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' | work=] | date=July 16, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| In August 2014, the nonprofit organization Movie to Movement invited President ] and members of the ] to a free screening of ''America''. '']'' said the organization "helps to promote small, wholesome movies, many of which seem to have a Christian or conservative theme to them though the group is non-partisan". Movie to Movement's founder and CEO said he budgeted $5,500 to pay for the politicians' tickets and would secure delivery of a digital copy if the documentary was not available in a theater near a politician.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/president-obama-congress-invited-free-723857 | title=President Obama, Congress Invited to Free 'America' Movie Screening | journal=] | date=August 7, 2014 | accessdate=January 20, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Release== | |||
| ], which handled home entertainment distribution for D'Souza's previous film '']'', acquired rights to distribute ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' in theaters in the United States. Historically, it distributed in theaters two political documentaries, '']'' (2004) and '']'' (2008).<ref>{{cite journal | last=McNary | first=Dave | url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/lionsgate-to-distribute-controversial-documentary-america-imagine-a-world-without-her-1201173237/ | title=Lionsgate to Distribute Controversial Documentary 'America: Imagine the World Without Her' | journal=] | date=May 6, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> The UK-based Manifest Film Sales acquired rights to distribute ''America'' outside the United States with the goal of screening the documentary at the ], but the screening did not take place.<ref>{{cite news | last=Wiseman | first=Andreas | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/manifest-boards-doc-america/5071739.article | title=Manifest boards doc America | work=Screen Daily | date=May 15, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| Lionsgate gave the film a limited release in three theaters in the U.S. cities ] and ] on {{nowrap|June 27}}, 2014. The cities were selected for premiering ''America'' since ''2016: Obama's America'' performed well in them in 2012. '']'' said ''America'' "opened to solid numbers" with $39,000 for a theater average of $13,000. The distributor then planned a wide release for the weekend of the U.S. holiday ] on {{nowrap|July 4}}, 2014.<ref>{{cite journal | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-dinesh-dsouzas-america-715598 | title=Box Office: Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Enjoys Solid Launch in Houston, Atlanta | journal=] | date=June 29, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> On {{nowrap|July 2}}, 2014, Lionsgate expanded the release to {{nowrap|1,105 theaters}}. For the weekend of {{nowrap|July 4–6}}, 2014, it grossed $2,743,753 and ranked 11th at the box office. The film concluded its theatrical run after {{nowrap|70 days}} with a total gross of $14,444,502.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm | title=America (2014) | work=boxofficemojo.com | publisher=] | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> '']'' said the gross was "a very strong showing for a documentary film".<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gosnell-movie-adds-2016-director-757563 | title='Gosnell' Movie Adds '2016' Co-Director John Sullivan as Executive Producer | journal=] | date=December 15, 2014 | accessdate=December 15, 2014 }}</ref> For 2014, ''America'' was the highest-grossing documentary in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Gray | first=Tim | url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/15-documentaries-land-on-oscars-short-list-1201368807/ | title=15 Documentaries Land on Oscar’s Short List | journal=] | date=December 2, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> The film did not perform as well as ''2016: Obama's America'', which grossed over {{nowrap|$33 million}}.<ref name=Wrap>{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Todd|title=Dinesh D'Souza's Doc ‘America’ Can't Match Box-Office Lightning of His '2016: Obama's America’|url=http://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america|website=The Wrap|accessdate=19 August 2014|date=July 6, 2014}}</ref> To date, ''America'' ranks as the sixth highest-grossing political documentary in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=politicaldoc.htm | title=Documentary – Political | work=boxofficemojo.com | publisher=] | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| Lionsgate released the film on Digital HD on {{nowrap|October 14}}, 2014 and on DVD and Blu-ray on {{nowrap|October 28}}, 2014,<ref name="alexander">{{cite news | last=Alexander | first=Bryan | url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/08/27/dinesh-dsouza-america-dvd-release/14681891/ | title=Exclusive: Controversial 'America' sets home release | work=] | date=August 27, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> a week before the ] on {{nowrap|November 4}}.<ref>{{cite news | last=Nazarian | first=Adelle | url=http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/10/28/EXCLUSIVE-Dinesh-D-Souza-Reveals-What-s-Coming-to-America-Ahead-of-Anticipated-DVD-Release | title=Exclusive: Dinesh D'Souza Reveals What's Coming to 'America' | work=] | date=October 28, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> The home media included {{nowrap|40 minutes}} of additional footage, including interviews with ], ], ], and former POW John Fer.<ref name="alexander" /> For the week ending {{nowrap|November 2}}, 2014, it ranked third in disc sales after '']'' and '']''. It ranked seventh in Blu-ray sales with 26% of discs sold being Blu-ray.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Arnold | first=Thomas K. | url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/x-men-days-of-future-past-holds-no-1-spot-for-third-week-on-home-video-sales-charts-1201349054/ | title='X-Men: Days of Future Past' Holds No. 1 Spot for Third Week on Home Video Sales Charts | journal=] | date=November 5, 2014 | accessdate=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ===Critical response=== | |||
| {{undue-section|date=November 2014}} | |||
| '']'' reported, "'America' wasn't widely screened for critics, but the first handful of reviews are... not particularly glowing," saying that the reviews essentially labeled the film as "partisan".<ref>{{cite news | last=Scott | first=Mike | url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/07/dinesh_dsouzas_america_movie_r.html | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' movie reviews: What critics are saying about the conservative author's new documentary | work=] | date=July 3, 2014 | accessdate=December 12, 2014 }}</ref> '']'' reported, "'America' has been criticized by some as offensive, right-wing propaganda."<ref name="atteberry" /> The film review website ] surveyed {{nowrap|11 movie critics}} and assessed 10 reviews as negative and 1 as mixed, with none being positive. It gave an aggregate score of 15 out of 100, which indicates "overwhelming dislike".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/america | title=America Reviews | work=metacritic.com | publisher=] | accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> The similar website ] surveyed {{nowrap|24 critics}} and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 22 as negative and 2 as positive. Of the {{nowrap|24 reviews}}, it determined an average rating of 2.9 out of 10. The website gave the film an overall score of 8% and said of the consensus, "Passionate but poorly constructed, ''America'' preaches to the choir."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_the_world_without_her_2014/ | title=America: Imagine the World Without Her | work=rottentomatoes.com | publisher=] | accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s Paul Bond said the film performed well in its limited theatrical release, "overcoming several negative reviews in the mainstream media".<ref name="bond20140705" /> ''USA Today''{{'}}s Bryan Alexander said, "America was savaged by mainstream critics... It received an 8% critical score on RottenTomatoes.com... But the film received an 88% positive audience score on the same website."<ref name="alexander" /> Bond reported, "Conservatives... seem thrilled with the movie."<ref name="bond20140705" /> ] reported that its sample of opening night audiences gave the film what ''The Wrap'' identified as a rare A+ grade on a scale of A+ to F.<ref name=Wrap /><ref></ref> | |||
| Joe Leydon, reviewing for '']'', called ''America'' "a slick, sprawling celebration of American exceptionalism that could, much like its predecessor, make a bundle by rigorously reinforcing the deeply held beliefs and darkest suspicions of its target audience". Leydon said the acting in the historical re-enactments was of inconsistent quality. The critic found that D'Souza gave screen time to those with whom he disagreed, but said, "For the most part, however, D'Souza gives the impression of someone obsessed with whitewashing any and all dark chapters in U.S. history books." Leydon commended the documentary's "tech values" as well as composer Bryan E. Miller's opening theme.<ref name="leydon">{{cite journal | last=Leydon | first=Joe | url=http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-america-imagine-the-world-without-her-1201253480/ | title=Film Review: 'America: Imagine the World Without Her' | journal=] | date=June 27, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Stephen Farber said D'Souza overstated "anti-American tenets ostensibly running rampant in our society" and that his responses to critiques of America "aren't very convincing". Farber said of the film's production quality, "The battle scenes are competent but no more than that, and the performances are perfunctory at best." Farber said the historical re-enactments would not impress moviegoers who had seen many other historical films, though he called Ben Huddleston's cinematography "striking". The critic concluded, "Here is one more dubious piece of agitprop that will delight the author’s fans and have very little impact on his opponents."<ref>{{cite journal | last=Farber | first=Stephen | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/america-film-review-716467 | title='America': Film Review | journal=] | date=July 2, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> Metacritic scored each trade paper's review of the film to be 30 out of 100.<ref name="metacritic" /> | |||
| Metacritic assessed reviews from '']'', ]'s ''The Playlist'', '']'', and '']'' as fully negative with no merit given.<ref name="metacritic" /> ''TheWrap''{{'}}s James Rocchi said the documentary had ] arguments favoring D'Souza and had anecdotes in place of data, "The film is intellectually and factually spurious, in addition to being... deeply self-serving." Rocchi called ''America'' "technically inept" with "clumsy" editing and added, "The sound mix is incomprehensibly sloppy. Graphics look slapdash; historical recreations are either cheap-looking, unintentionally funny, or both." The critic said while liberal filmmaker ] "may be self-important at his worst", that he could direct a better film than D'Souza and Sullivan.<ref>{{cite news | last=Rocchi | first=James | url=http://www.thewrap.com/america-review-dinesh-dsouza/ | title='America' Review: Another Dinesh D'Souza Doc That's Easy to Mock | work=] | date=June 29, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> ''The A.V. Club''{{'}}s David Ehrlich also said ''America'' had straw man arguments, " hellbent on pacifying the American guilt they believe was responsible for Obama’s election, desperately attempting to assuage the national conscience about the evils of colonialism, capitalism, and racism." Ehrlich said, "It's admirable that D'Souza is so willing to engage people who don't share his perspective, but his editing and the instructive music with which he pushes it suggest that he's not particularly interested in what they have to say."<ref>{{cite news | last=Ehrlich | first=David | url=http://www.avclub.com/review/director-2016-obamas-america-it-again-america-206466 | title=The director of ''2016: Obama's America'' is at it again with ''America'' | work=] | date=July 3, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| Rob Humanick, reviewing for ''Slant Magazine'', said "The cynically opportunistic ''America'' descends into another one-note attack on the sitting president, beholden to the same plethora of taboos, half-truths, and outright lies traded en masse by mainstream conservatism for the last seven years." Humanick called the documentary "a carefully cultivated collection of false equivalencies, hyperbolic pronouncements, blatant recontextualizations of others' arguments, and shameless appeals to patriotism, all within a vaguely fear-mongering framework of demonizing the other". The critic said exceptions were cited to excuse America's history and that D'Souza's criticism of Obama did not ask "greater fundamental questions". Humanick concluded, "Anyone who's ever actually studied history outside of public education, or read the texts alluded to throughout America (such as Howard Zinn's ''A People's History of the United States''), will understand the degree to which history has been flattened and narratives simplified for the sake of lending greater legitimacy to these binary-reliant 'lessons.'"<ref>{{cite news | last=Humanick | first=Rob | url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/america | title=America | Film Review | work=] | date=2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> Gabe Toro, reviewing for ''The Playlist'', said, "The film plays out like more of a bullet-point presentation than an actual film, taking each argument he thinks liberal minds are having and dissecting each, cherry-picking anomalies in order to confront some sort of liberal 'truth' that doesn't exist." Toro called the documentary "artless propaganda, uninformed, sensationalistic and devoted to buzzphrases, ...simplicity, ...and grandstanding". The critic said, "Insidiously, these are some of the ways D'Souza and co-director John Sullivan keep the film brisk and conventionally entertaining... Filled with soaring guitars, pointless blacksmith montages and recreations with porn-level production values... it's all fist-pumping anti-thought, consisting of baseless revisionist history and idle contrarianism."<ref>{{cite news | last=Toro | first=Gabe | url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/review-is-dinesh-dsouzas-america-the-worst-political-documentary-of-all-time-20140630 | title=Review: Is Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' The Worst Political Documentary Of All-Time? | work=The Playlist | publisher=] | date=June 30, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| '']''{{'}}s Martin Tsai, whose review Metacritic scored to be 40 out of 100, the highest of its sample of 11,<ref name="metacritic" /> said, "He attempts to debunk Zinn through apagoge, as if finding an exception to Zinn's every rule will invalidate Zinn's entire argument... D'Souza makes some cogent points yet will not concede the existence of any gray area. The possibility that he and Zinn could both be right seems unfathomable." Tsai said, "'America' seems more intent on editorializing, razzling and dazzling than on stimulating civic debate." He summarized, "It's far more invested in elaborate historical reenactments, hypothetical dramatizations and special effects than interviews, research and data."<ref>{{cite news | last=Tsai | first=Martin | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-america-documentary-movie-review-20140703-story.html | title=Review: 'America' documentary rebuts history of exploitation argument | work=] | date=July 2, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| Christian Toto, reviewing for ], wrote that ''America'' gives "context to some of the country's sins in a fashion rarely heard in popular culture. Each rebuttal needs more time, more explanation, but for those weaned on Howard Zinn's ''A People's History of the United States'' it will be eye opening."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Toto|first1=Christian|title='America' Review: Full-throated defense of U.S. in time for the fourth|url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/02/america-review|publisher=Breitbart.com|accessdate=19 August 2014|date=July 2, 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ===Accolades=== | |||
| ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' was nominated for the ] for sound editing in a documentary feature film, competing with '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite news | last=King | first=Susan | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-birdman-nominees-golden-reel-awards-20150113-story.html | title='Birdman,' 'Grand Budapest Hotel' among Golden Reel Award nominees | work=] | date=January 14, 2015 | accessdate=January 17, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Political commentary== | |||
| {{POV-section|date=November 2014}} | |||
| '']''{{'}}s Nicole Hemmer said D'Souza's documentary was intended for conservatives and conveyed the premise that leftist radicals portrayed American history as shameful to win political power.<ref name="hemmer">{{cite news | last=Hemmer | first=Nicole | url=http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/nicole-hemmer/2014/07/29/dinesh-dsouzas-america-is-bad-history-and-paranoid-agitprop | title=The Paranoid Style in Conservative Politics | work=] | date=July 29, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> Simon van Zuylen-Wood, writing in '']'', said the film treated "the radical-left worldview of marginal figures like Bill Ayers" as representative of American liberalism and that it engaged "in a selective historiography" like minimizing ] by highlighting the existence of ]. Zuylen-Wood also compared D'Souza to liberal filmmaker ] in how both use their roots to convey their messages and how they are both central characters in their documentaries, introducing "one ideological pathology after another" to moviegoers.<ref name="zuylen" /> | |||
| Mark Stricherz of '']'' said that D'Souza message suffered "the intellectual pitfalls of ignoring the critics", finding that he did not contextualize Obama's phrase "]" in ''America''. Stricherz said, "At times, ''America'' lives up to D'Souza’s old intellectual standards. He meets in person with left-wing critics... He argues persuasively that Alexis de Tocqueville is a more reliable guide than Howard Zinn to troubling episodes in early American history such as slavery and the treatment of Native Americans." Stricherz concluded, "D'Souza's pride, his belief he needs neither intellectual nor moral critics, has brought about his fall from the first rank of conservative intellectuals."<ref>{{cite journal | last=Stricherz | first=Mark | url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/what-happened-to-dinesh-dsouza/374939/ | title=What Happened to Dinesh D'Souza? | work=] | date=July 25, 2014 | accessdate=December 12, 2014 }}</ref> John Tamny of '']'' said, "D’Souza's ''America'' is noble in its effort to discredit myths about the U.S. as a genocidal, thieving, racist, capitalistically rapacious nation, but really, who believes this? It’s popular in the victimized portion of the conservative movement to assert that those who love the U.S., freedom, and the prosperity it delivers do so in silence out of fear that the majority haters will persecute them for having those views, but let’s be serious. This extreme kind of thinking is all too rare as we all well know."<ref>{{cite news | last=Tamny | first=John | url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2014/07/20/dinesh-dsouzas-america-will-have-some-conservatives-yearning-for-michael-moores/ | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Will Have Some Conservatives Yearning For Michael Moore's | work=] | date=July 20, 2014 | accessdate=January 19, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
| ] of '']'' said the documentary was a response to ] critique of the country, "D'Souza's film and his accompanying book are a no-holds-barred assault on the contemporary doctrine of political correctness." Fund said D'Souza's message was "deeply pessimistic" but concluded, "Most people will leave the theater with a more optimistic conclusion: Much of the criticism of America taught in the nation’s schools is easily refuted, America is worth saving, and we have the tools to do so in our DNA, just waiting to be harnessed."<ref name="fund">{{cite web | last=Fund | first=John | url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/381509/dsouzas-america-john-fund | title=D'Souza's America: Dinesh D'ouza takes on Obama, Hillary, Saul Alinsky, and Howard Zinn in a single bold film | work=] | date=June 29, 2014 | accessdate=August 19, 2014 }}</ref> ''National Review''{{'}}s ] said, "Dinesh is the anti-Moore: taking to the big screen to press conservative points... The shame narrators (let’s call them) focus on maybe 20 percent of the American story. Dinesh simply puts the other 80 percent back in."<ref name="nordlinger_i">{{cite journal | last=Nordlinger | first=Jay | url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383198/dsouza-nation-part-i-jay-nordlinger | title=D'Souza Nation, Part I | journal=] | date=July 21, 2014 | accessdate=January 19, 2014 }}</ref> Nordlinger bisected the documentary, "The first deals with the 'shame narrative.' The second deals with today's politics, and in particular presidential politics." The conservative commentator said, "The second movie confirms for me that one of Dinesh’s great advantages is that he is absolutely clear-eyed about the Third World. While liberal Americans romanticize it, he has lived it."<ref name="nordlinger_ii">{{cite journal | last=Nordlinger | first=Jay | url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383285/dsouza-nation-part-ii-jay-nordlinger | title=D'Souza Nation, Part II | journal=] | date=July 22, 2014 | accessdate=January 19, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| In the liberal ] blog, Dan Falcone wrote: "D’Souza’s film America sets out to report that anyone who tries to make America more democratic or inclusive is motivated by disdain for the country."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/01/1318254/-The-Big-Lie-The-Film-America | title=The Big Lie: The Film, America | work=Daily Kos | date=31 July 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014}}</ref> ] called the film "racially charged agitprop".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/07/09/five-media-figures-who-endorse-dinesh-dsouzas-r/200046 | title=Five Media Figures Who Endorse Dinesh D'Souza's Racially Charged Agitprop | work=Media Matters for America | date=9 July 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014 | author=Boghun, Alexandrea}}</ref> In ], Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig called it a "laughable embarrassment" which ranges "from atrociously bad argumentation to humiliating propaganda".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.salon.com/2014/07/22/dinesh_dsouzas_laughable_embarrassment_a_review_of_america_imagine_the_world_without_her/ | title=Dinesh D’Souza’s laughable embarrassment: A review of "America: Imagine the World Without Her" | work=Salon | date=22 July 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014}}</ref> | |||
| Kate O'Hare, writing for ], said, "None of these stories negates the horrors and injustices of the past, but that's not D'Souza's point. Instead, he's offering a different context in which to view them, and he's done it before."<ref>{{cite news | last=O'Hare | first=Kate | url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/01/Dinesh-D-Souza-s-America-Not-Absolution-But-Redemption | title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Offers Fresh Look at Saul Alinsky, Far-Left Bromides | publisher=] | date=July 1, 2014 | accessdate=December 4, 2014 }}</ref> Commenting on the reception, Breitbart editor ] said “It is absurd to have movie critics critiquing the politics of documentaries professionally; they seem unable to separate their artistic sensibilities from their political ones.”<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shapiro|first1=Ben|title=7 Movies Critics Like Better Than D'Souza's 'America'|url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/15/7-movies-critics-America|website=Breitbart|accessdate=16 July 2014|date=July 15, 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ===Rebuttal of Howard Zinn=== | |||
| ], author of ''A People's History of the United States'', was a key focus in D'Souza's documentary]] | |||
| In the documentary, D'Souza counters four "indictments" of the United States made by historian ]: the treatment of Native Americans, slavery, the transfer of Mexico, and its colonialist behavior. John Fund in ''National Review'' said, "Consider his treatment of those subjects as his direct rebuttal to... Zinn, whose textbooks treating America’s history as one of ceaseless oppression dominate many American high schools and colleges."<ref name="fund" /> Andrew Romano, writing for ''The Daily Beast'', said Zinn was for D'Souza "a somewhat smaller target" than Obama in his previous documentary. Romano said the filmmaker's counterarguments were disingenuous and did not prove Zinn wrong.<ref>{{cite news | last=Romano | first=Andrew | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/30/in-dinesh-d-souza-s-america-slavery-wasn-t-so-bad-but-hillary-and-barack-are-socialist-devils.html | title=In Dinesh D'Souza's 'America,' Slavery Wasn't So Bad, but Hillary and Barack Are Socialist Devils | work=] | date=June 30, 2014 | accessdate=December 4, 2014 }}</ref> ''U.S. News & World Report''{{'}}s Hemmer said D'Souza's statement that Zinn's book '']'' was part of mainstream education was incorrect, "Though influential, the book was hardly hegemonic. It was even sharply criticized by prominent historians." Hemmer said ]'s textbook ''Give Me Liberty!'' was more common than Zinn's book and was even critical of the book as pessimistic.<ref name="hemmer" /> | |||
| ===Treatment of Alinsky, Obama, and Clinton=== | |||
| In the documentary, D'Souza says ] and ] were followers of the left-wing figure ]. John Fund of ''National Review'' said, "D'Souza is the first filmmaker to mine the rich material showing the radicalism of Alinksy."<ref name="fund" /> ''National Review''{{'}}s Jay Nordlinger said, "I myself depart a bit from D'Souza on Alinskyism: I regard Obama and Hillary as mainstream Democrats, no different from Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, and the rest of the gang. And this gang commands the respect, or at least the votes, of approximately half the country."<ref name="nordlinger_ii" /> Gabe Toro, reviewing for ]'s ''The Playlist'', said D'Souza "flat-out compares" Alinsky to the ] and then suggests Alinsky's influence on Clinton and Obama.<ref>{{cite news | last=Toro | first=Gabe | url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/review-is-dinesh-dsouzas-america-the-worst-political-documentary-of-all-time-20140630 | title=Review: Is Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' The Worst Political Documentary Of All-Time? | work=The Playlist | publisher=] | date=June 30, 2014 | accessdate=December 4, 2014 }}</ref> ''National Journal''{{'}}s Zuylen-Wood said despite Alinsky dying when Obama was a teenager in Hawaii, the film portrayed Obama as one of Alinsky's "most famous disciples".<ref name="zuylen" /> ''U.S. News & World Report''{{'}}s Hemmer said Alinsky was a focus in D'Souza's film because President Obama was not up for reelection in 2016, so his argument about Obama's heritage could not apply to Hillary Clinton if she became a Presidential candidate. With Obama and Clinton both having links to Alinsky, Hemmer said Alinsky "has become the natural conduit to transfer criticisms of Obama to Clinton".<ref name="hemmer" /> | |||
| '']''{{'}}s Ben Beaumont-Thomas said Hillary Clinton was a key focus in the documentary due to the likelihood of her being a candidate in the ]. Beaumont-Thomas said the TV networks ] and ] avoided producing miniseries about Clinton, "Both right- and leftwing voices expressed concern that the series would be either too favourable to Clinton or too politically cautious. Liberal voices will now likely clamour for a counterweight to D'Souza's film."<ref>{{cite news | last=Beaumont-Thomas | first=Ben | url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/13/dinesh-dsouza-hillary-clinton-documentary-america-obama-2016 | title=Rightwing film-maker Dinesh D'Souza tackles Hillary Clinton in America | work=] | date=June 13, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
| ===Filmmaker's prosecution=== | |||
| Toward the end of the film, D'Souza shows himself on camera wearing handcuffs, referring to ]. Joseph Amodeo, a political scientist and policy researcher for '']'', said the scene "appears to be an apology to his 'fans' and an awkward show of penance for recent improprieties on his part."<ref>{{cite news | last=Amodeo | first=Joseph | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-amodeo/dsouzas-shameful-treatmen_b_5613929.html | title=D'Souza's Shameful Treatment of Conservatives Highlights Need for a Renaissance of Intellectual Conservatism | work=] | date=July 24, 2014 | accessdate=August 19, 2014 }}</ref> Michael Berkowitz, also writing for ''The Huffington Post'', said of the scene, " suggestion that his own criminal conviction and his cheating on his wife are the result of political targeting are embarrassing and without support."<ref>{{cite news | last=Berkowitz | first=Michael | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-berkowitz/america-dinesh-dsouzas-de_b_5563541.html | title=America: Dinesh D'Souza's Deceptions | work=] | date=July 8, 2014 | accessdate=August 19, 2014 }}</ref> ''National Review''{{'}}s Fund said of the scene, "He clearly conveys his view that he was selectively prosecuted. But viewers should take the film on its own merits, he says, regardless of what they think of him."<ref name="fund" /> | |||
| ==Proposed legislation== | |||
| {{double image|right|Alan Hays (R-20th).jpg|125|State Representative Neil Combee.jpg|125|Florida's State Senator ] and State Representative ] both filed a bill to require Florida's students to see the documentary}} | |||
| ], a ] member of the ], saw ''America'' in theaters in July 2014 and subsequently announced his intent to propose state legislation to require middle school and high school students in Florida's public school system to see the film. Hays said, "I've looked at history books and talked to history teachers and the message the students are getting is very different from what is in the movie. It's dishonest and insulting. The students need to see the truth without political favoritism." Hays said he would not object if ''America'' was paired with a liberal film and that he would requisition copies of ''America'' from charitable groups for schools to avoid burdening Florida's taxpayers.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lawmaker-push-bill-requiring-dinesh-721053 | title=Lawmaker to Push Bill Requiring Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Be Shown in Schools | journal=] | date=July 25, 2014 | accessdate=January 20, 2015 }}</ref> In November 2014, Hays filed a bill in the state senate to require seeing the documentary.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cotterell | first=Bill | url=http://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/columnists/cotterell/2014/11/19/cotterell-bill-aims-expose-students-conservative-side/19297647/ | title=Cotterell: Bill aims to expose students to conservative side | work=] | date=November 19, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0096 | title=SB 96: Patriotic Film Screening | work=flsenate.gov | publisher=] | date=November 18, 2014 | accessdate=December 10, 2014 }}</ref> The '']'' said Hays "received heavy criticism that he was foisting propaganda on children".<ref name="solochek">{{cite news | last=Solochek | first=Jeffrey S. | url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/another-lawmaker-signs-on-to-bill-that-would-mandate-controversial-film-in/2209806 | title=Bill to require controversial documentary in schools gets a House sponsor | work=] | date=December 10, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> Hays asked ], a ] member of the ], to support his bill. After Combee watched the documentary and discussed it, he agreed to file a companion bill.<ref name="atteberry">{{cite news | last=Atteberry | first=Emily | url=http://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2015/01/17/proposed-bill-require-high-schoolers-watch-patriotic-film/21929257/ | title=Controversial film could be required in Florida's high schools | work=] | date=January 17, 2015 | accessdate=January 19, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=53084 | title=HB 77 - Patriotic Film Screening | work=myfloridahouse.gov | publisher=] | date=December 8, 2014 | accessdate=December 11, 2014 }}</ref> Combee filed the House bill in the following December, and the ''Times'' said the companion bill increased the likelihood of the legislation being adopted.<ref name="solochek" /> The proposed bill requires all of Florida's eighth and eleventh graders to watch ''America''. The bill includes an option for parents to opt their children out of the film screening.<ref name="atteberry" /> While D'Souza did not comment on the legislation, the liberal advocacy group ] criticized it for supporting a political documentary and as a cinematic selection by legislators rather than educators.<ref name="solochek" /> | |||
| Hays plans to host a screening of ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' for his legislative colleagues on {{nowrap|February 11}}, 2015.<ref name="atteberry" /> Southwest Florida's television station ] reported that critics said the legislation was "propaganda and ignorant". The head of ]'s local ], Jared Grifoni, did not contest the content but the attempted requirement, "We should be working to get rid of political and social engineering in schools regardless which side of the aisle is pushing it. This is the right side of the aisle pushing their agenda on students while accusing the left of the same thing."<ref>{{cite news | last=Papageorge | first=Nicole | url=http://www.winknews.com/2015/01/19/lawmakers-may-require-students-to-watch-controversial-film-to-graduate/ | title=Lawmakers may require students to watch ‘controversial’ film to graduate | work=winknews.com | publisher=] | date=January 19, 2015 | accessdate=January 20, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
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| *{{cite book | last=D'Souza | first=Dinesh | authorlink=Dinesh D'Souza | year=2014 | title=America: Imagine a World Without Her | others=Book for which the film is a companion. | publisher=Regnery Publishing | isbn=978-1-62157-203-9 }} | |||
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| * {{official website|http://www.americathemovie.com}} | |||
| * {{IMDb title|2785390|America: Imagine the World Without Her }} | |||
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