I just saw the part where it said the movie has the confederates take an expansionist policy. That seems deceptive since the north was where the industry was and it was basically the industrial revolution that ended slavery not any benevolent act by northern whites like people tend to believe.
Also, that tends to make it seem like the union is isolationist which is obviously false - look at Regans dealings in central America or the current occupation of Iraq or American military aid for Israel.
The confederates would have most likely been more isolationist then the union since they depended on agriculture (hence the appeal of slavery) more then industry.
They had less military ability to invade then the north.
And who needs to conquer a land and make the people citizens with pesky "rights" when you can just put in a puppet gov't that will supress the people for you and call it freedom.

I really want to see this movie. I've got a friend whose father is a Confederate. lol

I actually heard that the film was terrible (which doesn't surprise me when Spike Lee is involved).

So your friend's dad is a confederate?

He's got a flag and all?

It is bizarre. I looked at the trailer and I felt sick.  I tend not to like "what if "scenarios that seem implausible.  I also wouldn't like a movie that showed what the world would be like if Hitler took over the world.  Why wallow in agony that doesn't exist?  We have enough around that happens in reality.

Notice that I didn't say that I want to see it.

I have an almost personal thing against Spike Lee so I rarely see anything he does.

There is a film that came out a few years ago....I think it's called "Fatherland"...

It's a "what if" scenario of what would it be like if Hitler was still alive and ruling Germany?

The film was set in the 60's and was very strange.

List of U.S. Civil War documentaries...

 

Civil War Life - list of historical documentaries...

 

Civil War Minutes® - Union 2 DVD Box Set
The stories behind never-before-seen photographs, letters, artifacts and hundreds of rare paintings and engravings complete the picture of the Civil War in Civil War Minutes® - Union. The real lives of ordinary people who leave their homes and families behind to answer duty's call are featured. This documentary explores soldiers' everyday lives through the personal effects they carry into war.

 

Civil War Minutes® - Confederate 2 DVD Box Set
Illuminating little known history, Civil War Minutes® - Confederate features rarely told stories of both the famous and average Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. This film reveals the intimate details of the soldiers' lives in their own words, such as their weapons of choice, their uniforms and how soldiers form fellowships during the war that last throughout their lives.

 

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor - Civil War Minutes® III 2 DVD Box Set
Narrated by Keith Carradine, Gettysburg and Stories of Valor - Civil War Minutes® III is a two-disc box set containing 30 unique stories capturing the scenic beauty of the Gettysburg battlefield, examining rare Civil War artifacts and telling the personal stories of the men who fought there. A one-hour version of the film is currently airing on television stations in standard and high-definition television.

 

Lincoln and Lee at Antietam - The Cost of Freedom
Inecom Entertainment Company Presents a Robert Child Production
Told by Ronald F. Maxwell
It’s September 17, 1862 and President Abraham Lincoln needs a victory in order to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and end slavery in the South. But Robert E. Lee has other plans - invade the North. When Lee’s strategy falls into the hands of the Union Army, the result is the single bloodiest day in American history at the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

 

Civil War Life Box Set 2 DVD Box Set
Civil War Life DVD Box Set tells the inspiring stories of two courageous soldiers who fought in many of the deadliest battles of the Civil War. Through these biographical documentaries, see how an Ohio schoolteacher and a Harvard student overcome injuries and hardship to fight again and again, winning admiration and respect for their courage and character in battle.

 

Civil War Life - Shot to Pieces
Harvard student William F. Bartlett is hit again and again by Confederate rifle and cannon fire, captured at the Battle of the Crater and survives to find fortune and love. Inspiring young and old alike with its action-packed story of courage and devotion to duty, Civil War Life - Shot to Pieces immerses the viewer in the smoke, gunfire and pathos of America's Civil War.

 

Civil War Life - Left for Dead
Pain, destruction and suffering cannot conquer the infallible Oscar Jackson in Civil War Life - Left for Dead. Jackson fights in some of the deadliest Civil War battles, including the Battle of Corinth where he is blasted in the face with a musket ball. Despite the lingering effects of the bullet lodged in his head, he continues to lead his company until the war ends, later becoming a U.S. Congressman.

 

err....okay.