D'Souza's "America" is Vital Refreshment for Obama-Besieged Nation
By Gina Miller
RenewAmerica.com
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On Sunday afternoon, my husband and I finally set
aside a little time to make a very rare visit to the
movie theater to see Dinesh D'Souza's, America:
Imagine the World Without Her. I know many
clear-minded people have already written glowing
reviews, but there's always room for one more big
thumbs-up. A number of liberals have also written
typically spiteful "reviews" in an effort to thwart
attendance. But, as we fully understand, if liberals
hate it, then we know it's probably good, and this
is certainly true with America.
From the
movie's website is this synopsis:
Someone once observed: "America is great because
she is good; if she ever ceases to be good she will
cease to be great." Today that notion of the
essential goodness of America is under attack,
replaced by another story in which theft and plunder
are seen as the defining features of American
history – from the theft of Native American and
Mexican lands and the exploitation of African labor
to a contemporary foreign policy said to be based on
stealing oil and a capitalist system that robs
people of their "fair share."
Our founding fathers warned us that, although the
freedoms they gave us were hard fought, they could
very easily be lost. America stands at a crossroads,
and the way we understand our past will determine
our future.America the movie takes
21st-century Americans into the future by first
visiting our past.
Gerald Molen, the Academy-award winning producer of Schindler's
List, and Dinesh D'Souza, the creator of 2016:
Obama's America, invite you on a journey of
discovery that will bring you face-to-face with the
heroes who built America, in the times in which they
lived, bled, and sacrificed in order to build a
great nation: Christopher Columbus, George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and
others. You'll be there as Columbus sets foot on
American soil, as bullets whiz by Washington's head,
as Douglass demands that America live up to the
promises of her Founding Fathers, and as Lincoln
sacrifices thousands of lives, including his own, to
right a great wrong of history.
We'll also meet their present-day critics, hear
their stories, and then let you decide which America
you believe in. From the team that created 2016:
Obama's America comes the story not of a man but
a nation, at the crossroads of hope or disaster,
whose destination will soon be decided.
Leftist reviewers, whom I will not deign to cite,
desperately try to paint the picture as being poorly
made with hokey photography and graphics, amateur
writing, and pretty much any other insult they can
imagine, but none of those things are true. The
cinematography is stunning and beautiful. The music
score is outstanding. The writing and acting of the
historic scenes is first class.
The message of the film is purely powerful. The lies
about America from hard-core, anti-American leftists
are presented in their own words, then they are each
plainly debunked with common-sense truth based on
our real history, rather than the Left's revised
version of America's past. Overall, the picture is
exceptional.
The title of the film, based on D'Souza's book, America:
Imagine the World Without Her, may
lead you to think that the movie will present an It's
a Wonderful Life kind of story of an
America-less world, but that's not what the picture
does. Instead, it roundly disproves the main liberal
lies about our God-blessed, marvelous nation. It
doesn't downplay the evil of slavery, but it
demonstrates that, while slavery has existed – and
continues to exist – throughout human history, the
United States is the only nation since the dawn of
time to have gone to war with itself to abolish the
evil of slavery.
With the devastating reality of what we are watching
unfold in our nation today at the hands of the
scrawny commie in the White House and his
fellow-traveling buddies, Dinesh D'Souza's America is
a much-needed fountain of fresh, cold, crystal-clear
water. You need to see this picture. See it while it
is still in theaters, because aside from its deeply
moving message of truth, the film is simply gorgeous
to see and hear on the big screen.
This is a picture that our younger people need to
see, as well. The kids who are being taught leftist
lies about America's past in public schools across
our nation desperately need to hear the truth. It is
vital that we get as many of our kids to watch this
as we possibly can. This film should be required
viewing in our junior highs, high schools and
colleges.
As I said, go see this movie. It will give you a
lift and likely bring a few tears of gratitude to
the Lord for this precious and singular nation. And,
if your theater audience is like ours was, you will
probably give an enthusiastic round of applause when
the ending credits begin to roll.
© Gina Miller