America: Imagine the World Without Her

America: Imagine the World Without Her
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Dinesh D'Souza
  • John Sullivan
  • Bruce Schooley
Based onAmerica: Imagine the World Without Her
by Dinesh D'Souza
Produced by
StarringDinesh D'Souza
CinematographyBenjamin Huddleston
Edited by
  • Rickie Lee
  • Jeffrey Linford
Music byBryan E. Miller
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$14.4 million[2]

America: Imagine the World Without Her is a 2014 American political documentary film by Dinesh D'Souza based on his book of the same name. It is a follow-up to his film 2016: Obama's America (2012). In the film, D'Souza contends that parts of United States history are improperly and negatively highlighted by liberals, which he seeks to counter with positive highlights. Topics addressed include conquest of Indigenous and Mexican lands, slavery, and matters relating to foreign policy and capitalism.[3][4] D'Souza collaborated with John Sullivan and Bruce Schooley to adapt his book of the same name into a screenplay. D'Souza produced the film with Gerald R. Molen and directed it with Sullivan. The film combined historical reenactments with interviews with different political figures.

America: Imagine the World Without Her was marketed to political conservatives and through Christian marketing firms. Lionsgate released the film in three theaters on June 27, 2014 and expanded its distribution on the weekend of the U.S. holiday Independence Day on July 4, 2014. The film grossed $14.4 million, which made it the highest-grossing documentary in the United States in 2014, though D'Souza's previous documentary 2016: Obama's America had grossed over $33 million. Most professional film critics called the film poorly-made and partisan. Political commentators analyzed D'Souza's rebuttal of Howard Zinn's criticisms, the filmmaker's treatment of Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and D'Souza's depiction of his own criminal prosecution. Conservative commentators expressed a mix of full and qualified support for the documentary and D'Souza's intentions.

  1. ^ "America (2014)". The Wrap. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
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