Songs of the south.....

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2009)

I just watched this for the second time, the first being many years ago, and I enjoyed it much more now that I'm older. Knowing the history of the time period this film takes place, it is interesting to watch it from the Southern view. This film was made only about 50 years after the Civil War, and because of that, for me, it holds more of a truth about the war that we might not see today in cinema. The story was enjoyable, yet very negative at times. It was interesting seeing the role of President Lincoln portrayed during the war, especially his assassination. The storyline of the brothers, and their family, was easy to relate to after knowing family members who have children serving overseas today in the military. The cinematography and imagery is bold and powerful for the time it was made. I can only imagine the controversy this film caused in the North when it came out. I read that their was a sequel made by a different director called The Fall of a Nation. It is now considered to be a lost film from what I read on Wikipedia. Too bad, I would have enjoyed seeing it.