Here is a summary of the 3 movies we saw friday.
Friday started with
CSA (Confederate Stated of America) - a brilliant alternative history documentary in which the southerners won the civil war and slavery wasn't abolished. Parts were from real history and parts were made up to fit the story. CSA and nazi Germany - for example - were allies during the war although CSA never actually went into it. In the film, the confederate president advices Hitler to keep the jews as slaves rather than just kill them. The documentary comes with fake TV ads for products that actually existed for not so long ago. The cigarette brand Niggerhair - for example. I couldn't imagine such a brand actually existed so I thought the movie maker just had made it up but it turned out to be for real. The brand existed to sometime after WWII when it changed to Biggerhair! Just one example from a great movie.
Friday went on with
Uncovered : The War on Iraq - interviews with people close to the Bush administration or with good understanding of the administration. The picture of a group of politicians that willingly used propaganda to made sure that the war on Iraq started is stunningly clear from this film. Although I haven't seen Fahrenheit 9/11 I would take the movie at hand more serious in terms of reliable facts.
Last fridayly film for us was
Masjävlar - which means something like
Fucking people from Dalarna. A touching movie about coming home and not feeling home at all.
