Genre: Documentary
Run Time: 1 Hour and 25 Minutes
Trailer
Plot
Can white supremacists (with their swastika flags and extreme beliefs) live peacefully with others? When Craig Cobb tried to buy up the land in the small rural town of Leith, North Dakota, this was the issue. The town had a population of about 15 people before Cobb moved in and was a quiet place. How will they respond to Cobb and the white supremacists coming in? Will this be a good thing or a bad thing?
Official MPAA Rating (According to
IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute
waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of
something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but
could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly
amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all
around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3/5 - Very informative though it probably left out a good amount of information (from both sides). I found it interesting that both sides of the conflict seemed to accelerate or escalate the issue. If they had been able to sit down like peaceful people together, maybe there could have been co-habitation. Of course it would have been difficult, especially for the one non-white human in the town but for all because it would have been a change.
Mind you, I am not advocating white supremacists but it could have been better. Cobb's group could have been kinder and quieter about their beliefs, less confrontational. The town could have given them more leeway. When Cobb started shoving the beliefs down the town's throat, though, that's when the town got defensive because they had been there first and had a right to have their own family/property protected.
Per Wikipedia's page on Leith, North Dakota:
In 2012, after moving to Leith, Craig Cobb began buying up land, at one point, reportedly owning at least 12 plots of land. Cobb has expressed a desire to turn the town into a white nationalist community.[7] As a reaction to Cobb, some locals have advocated to disincorporate Leith back into Grant County proper.[8] In November 2013 Cobb was arrested and charged with three counts of terrorizing stemming from an incident in which he confronted another town resident with both a shotgun and a rifle.[9]
Today, Cobb no longer owns any buildings in Leith. He deeded six properties back to the town at no charge and sold off a few others. Three are still owned by other white supremacists, but they have shown little inclination to take up where Cobb left off.[10]
I know, this isn't much info to go off of for the movie review but I think that people should watch this just to see what human nature can do. It might not be enjoyable but this is reality.
That's my movie review. Thanks for reading! More movie reviews to come eventually.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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