A new “documentary” from filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza , co-director and writer of the "2016:
Obama's America”, is to be released July Fourth 2014. The film is in its early
stages now and should be completed by June 2014. You can expect the film to be
anti-Obama, as with every other work D’Souza produces.
D'Souza, 52, a native of Mumbai, India, came to the United
States as a foreign student. He earned a degree from Dartmouth, gaining
notoriety for his conservative writings and is the author of several influential
and best-selling books, including "Letters to a Young Conservative"
and "What's So Great About America."“America,” D’Souza said, will extol American exceptionalism, celebrate American values, and counter the vision offered by President Barack Obama. The new film will focus on D’Souza’s case against the Obama agenda. He said it is not intended as a sequel to ‘2016.’
In "2016," D'Souza used arguments made in his bestselling 2010 book "The Roots of Obama's Rage" to argue that Obama had deep-seated anger against the country he leads, a feeling that he absorbed from his father, a Kenyan who resented British colonialism. These are continuing themes of the Tea Party and Conservative Right.
D'Souza says his new film takes the next step, by offering a
debate between the competing visions of America's 1776 Founding Fathers and
"Obama's America," which he traces to “the radical upheavals of 1968”.
"2016" pulled in $33.4 million, the second-highest-grossing political documentary in history. Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11", released in 2004, grossed more than $222 million.
Michael Moore |
D'Souza jokes of Moore, his outspoken movie-making counterpart on the left: "We have to dethrone the fat guy. It's too embarrassing to be right behind him. I sometimes joke that he's a symbol of the federal government, overweight and out of control. We want to give him a run for his money."
D'Souza adds: "Since Hollywood isn't going to give us any Oscars, it would be extremely satisfying to beat him at the box office."
One thing you can say about D'Souza, he has hit upon a theme in his books and movies that allow the Tea Party and the conservative right wing to feed their hatred of President Obama while keeping D'Souza's pockets lined with coins. He tapped right into the financial side of "the American Dream", know little of what America is really about.
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