How many here have seen the film?... I'm just curious.
I've seen it, two or three times now and I own the tape as well. Very good movie and it pioneered the modern movie industry. Of course, during reconstruction southerners WERE victimized by carpetbaggers and the federal government and that's a travesty that should never ever be forgiven.
Actually, for the most part the "victimizers" were scalawags, not carpetbaggers. I do agree Reconstruction was a bit... err... overzealous at times (military governors? srsly?), but it was in a reaction to the certainly overzealous actions of some Southerners (black codes, "Redeemers").
