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I won't disagree with anything you say about Spike Lee, but I'd like to remind you that that he didn't make this movie. It's been Kevin Wilmott's baby for a long time. Spike Lee told Kevin (after the first version of the film was complete and had gotten a lot of attention at the Sundance Film Festival) that he'd sign on as a producer if it would help get the film some attention. After that Kevin did go back and redo some of the film. Some clips seem more over the top than what I remember seeing when we viewed the film at Independence, KS. And for what it's worth the audience seeing the flm that day was primarily faculty, administration and students at the community college. People weren't angry after seeing the film. They were very animated in discussing perceived racial inequalities in THIS time period.
As for comments about there being any sloppy historical research I'll point out that the same seems to be said of any films made that deal with history. I've seen Gettysburg criticized and "Gods and Generals" lambasted (still HUGELY disappointed with that movie). I bet you can add the names of many other movies that have taken the heat for the portrayal of history. People seem to forget that these are MOVIES, not history lessons. They're made to entertain, some to inspire, some to promote discussion, etc. And the version of C.S.A that I saw at Indy certainly succeeded in bringing about a lot of serious discussion. Kevin's pleased. So were the college instructors present, so was I for that matter---pleased to see so many people of different backgrounds (and skin color for that matter) taking part in some very open and civil discussion.
Best regards.
Pat