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- 'Civil War' is a road trip movie set in a horrifying what-if scenario
- When: Civil War is in theaters and IMAX on April 12.
- What to know: The latest from writer-director Alex Garland imagines a United States at war with itself.
- The plot follows three generations of journalists — played by Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson — on a dangerous trip from New York to Washington, D.C.
- Garland wrote the film during the 2020 election but tells Yahoo Entertainment its release during the 2024 election cycle is coincidental and due to “logistical requirements.”
- While there are some allusions to recent social unrest early in the film, the world of Civil War is wholly fictional and does not concern itself with present-day party politics.
- Promotion for the film hints at a complicated backstory with multiple distinct factions vying for power — but one of Civil War’s greatest strengths is that almost none of this is explained and it is open to viewer interpretation.
- Garland hopes Civil War will spark earnest conversation about the potential consequences of extremism, “because conversation is the thing that is really struggling to exist in public discourse.”
- — Sam Matthews, executive producer
- April 10, 2024
Amazon Video. The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.
Most Recent The Civil War Videos. April 13, 2024. Making Freedom. Vanderbilt University history professor emeritus Richard Blackett talked about Underground Railroad and the enforcement …...
Video | The Civil War | Ken Burns | PBS. Watch Video from The Civil War. 1861: "The Cause" Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the...
May 25, 2023 · The Civil War | A Film by Ken Burns. Ken Burns' monumental series covered America's most important conflict thoroughly. Below is a clip from the first episode of the series, but Passport...
