i have hear about this film and that it be suppose to be a comedy and an alternate history . i be fairly open mind and do not like to judge a book by it cover . or by other people review of the book . so i decide to get the movie from netflix and check it out for myself . now mr. willmott be a professor of film at the university of kansa in lawrence . with this knowledge i expect an interesting piece of work . well and i guess you could say interesting if you be really stretch for a definition in this case . if this be an example of what a film professor be teach his student . i pity his pupil . willmott can not make a good film to save his life . at this point and i be not speak of the content and i be speaking of the directorial style . or lack there of . the movie be poorly make . i have see well fan film make with vhs . now and on to historical accuracy . or inaccuracy . willmott be full of crap . i do not know where he get off make a film like this . comedy . i think not . it take a lot to get me rile up but this film hit all the right button . i be a southerner first of all and i do not appreciate the gross inaccuracy that willmott make in this film . yeah and i know it be suppose to be fiction and but blatant lie and obvious racism on his part do nothing to make our country well . on the contrary and it make the situation worse by fill people head with blatant mi reporting of history and human attitude towards slavery . don not even get me start on him attribute the slash and burn policy of sherman to genereal lee . and also his gross misrepresentation of george washington . his assertion in the film be that if the south would have win the war of northern aggression ( aka the american civil war ) that we ( a a nation ) would still be condone slavery . not out of a need for inexpensive labor ( which be a fallacy in it self ) and but out of a sentiment for the way of the old south . slave weren not cheap in the 1860 . hell and they never be . but if you take his perspective on slavery you would be lead to believe that everyone below the mason dixon line have 3 or 4 slave to take care of a 3 bedroom ranch home . additionally and his idea of a slave shopping network on cable tv be not laughable and but be totally absurd . to make it even more atrocious and his speculation of a confederate peace pact with nazi germany be even more nonsensical . this man may have study film and but he be no student of history . and be obviously no scholar on human behavior and technology influence on the american industrial revolution or other issue that would have cause the natural extinction of slavery in the u . even without the war of northern aggression . he also fail to note that the confederate constitution itself outlaw the slave trade in the confederacy . willmott overlapping of the institution of slavery and the idea of racism just add to the confusion and lie propagate by this work . this film do nothing to heal the wound of racism . it merely rub salt in them and undoes much good that have be do by much good men such a mlk jr. and others who strive and die to help make our country a good place than it have be in the past . please mr. willmott . step away from the camera . you be dangerous .