Hillary's America

Two can play the political documentary game - it's not just Michael Moore territory anymore.  The Republican Response to the upcoming Presidential election, its an interesting movie by Dinesh D'Souza, who describes his occupation as "Scholar."

Dinesh wrote a number of books in the 90s and was a leading conservative for years.  He claims that after his book Obama's America in 2012 that he was targeted by the government (maybe?) and he was convicted of campaign finance crimes - who knew?

So after 8 months in prison and continuing on probation he set about to do a movie doubling as a history lesson.  It is kind of like something you would see in school.  His thesis is that the Democratic Party is the party of slavery, Indian removal, KKK, and only takes in minority, immigrants and women just to use them.  The Republican Party of Lincoln is the true friend.

There's not a lot of Hillary here - only toward the end when he turns his sights on the Clinton Global Initiative, and perhaps rightly so.  It definitely asks some hard questions.

In general there was a lot more recreation acting that actual footage.  Perhaps because of its historical sweep.  Overall, better than expected.  Particularly if you like the documentary format.

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