Once again Dinesh D’Souza exposes the nefarious past of the Democratic Party in Death of a Nation. Beginning with an examination of the left’s reaction to the election of President Donald Trump and it’s accusations of fascism, D’Souza looks at what true fascism is by studying the regimes of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, as well as discussing FDR’s and other American progressives’ admiration of European fascism and their attempts to incorporate it into the New Deal policies to get America out of the Great Depression. He also discusses how Andrew Jackson’s forced relocation of American Indians and the South’s “One-Drop” laws that discriminated against blacks influenced how the Nazis went about creating the legal framework to strip away the rights of Jews. The historical re-creation scenes are kind of low-budget, and some of the connections and assertions that the film makes are rather tenuous and generalistic; but that’s somewhat to be expected given the complexity and enormity of the topics. Still, the interviews with historians and other experts are incredibly fascinating and bring to light a lot of interesting information. While it’s not exactly subtle (or completely fair) Death of a Nation is a compelling documentary that reveals the hypocrisy of the left.
Jingoistic propaganda it is, but Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party is also an eye-opening political documentary. After taking on President Barack Obama in a previous film, political analyst Dinesh D’Souza attempts to get a handle on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. However, first he explores a theory that he developed while serving a sentence for violating campaign finance laws (in the exercise of his “free speech” rights) that postulates that political parties have a criminal mentality to how they operate. To wit, D’Souza goes to the Democrat Party Headquarters and compares their platform of equality and social justice to their history of supporting slavery and opposing equal rights, and how they’ve been able to rebrand themselves by denying their transgressions and recycling their tactics of intimidation. The film then transitions into chronicling Hillary Clinton’s scandal ridden history. Completely unapologetic in its views on Democrat hypocrisy and Hillary’s duplicity in the alleged criminal activity of her and her husband, the tone can be quite abrasive. And there are some narrative problems in how the “re-enactments” are presented; along with some substandard acting. While it can be a bit shameless and provocative at times, Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party brings to light some intriguing revelations about the true history of America’s political parties and the whitewashing that has been done.
