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• Directors: Alexandra Pelosi
• Producers: Alexandra Pelosi
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Studio: HBO
• DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Run Time: 44 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001W0Z192
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,243 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Emmy-winning HBO documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi delivers a snapshot of some of the more vocal conservative Americans, who saw their hopes and dreams evaporate in the wake of a decisive Democratic victory for Barack Obama. Many of them say they feel so alienated over cultural and political issues that they will never trust the new president, the Congress or the media.

On the day Barack Obama was elected President, more than 58 million voters cast their ballots for Senator John McCain. In the months leading up to this historic election, filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi took a road trip to meet a cross-section of conservative voters in 28 states who share their feelings about the changing America in which they live in Right America: Feeling Wronged - Some Voices from the Campaign Trail.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT AMERICAN ROADTRIP, April 17, 2009

By	Gloria "Gloria" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

I showed this movie to my high school history class and the students learned a lot. As a civics instructor, I think it is noble that someone from a "blue state" went out and talked to people all across America, the mainstream media never does that. I am happy to see that someone cares enough to open the dialogue. Do not let the partisan bloggers fool you, this Pelosi is a great journalist!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A turtle is not afraid of hailstones, March 19, 2009

By	Peppino - See all my reviews

... as our old Sicilian proverb translates. This documentary very difficult to sit through, but is also hypnotic as to not pull away .
The actual title SHOULD be "Wrong America, Feeling Wrong as Usual", a much more accurate title, as these folks interviewed seem "WRONG" in the purest definition of the word...

An hour of indictment of a very strange slice of USian life, with NO prejudice. (These poeple are their own "publicists", and there is no "interfearence , PUN INTENDED, of the demonised Michael Moore or the "Borat" character)

Flags a-wavin', "homosexuals" and "n-words" a -flying, FEAR, tears and hatred without end, these are truely the people Neitzche would refer to as , in his frase, "the bungled and the botched".

THe blizzard of flags, I wonder if Ms Pelosi the director was trying to convey the notion that excessive flag waving is endemic to facista and totalitarian societies, and this "red , white and blue which has shrinkwrapped these "right wing moonbat's " minds.

But note, not as well conveyed by the so-called USian "liberal media" , the flag is also used as a ceremonial death shroud for those US soldiers who have been killed in the two ill conceived "wars against terror". (a tip of the cap to Tom Tomorrow for the apellation "moonbat"). We dont see this display of flag by those who these right wing nust jobs suport so ardently, do we?

Indignant "working folks" decry Barak Obama as an urban "elitista", no mind John McCain is a scion of the ultra wealthy, Obama is an "arab", a "socialista", etc....when, in fact , Obama is quite a centerist democrat, as his cabinet appointment has since indicated.

NO room for fact with these crazyloucos, who many have professed to "move to a different country" if McPalin was not elected.

Bye bye, I say, although the countries they choose, SPAIN, the BAHAMAS, for example, do not seem likely to be the most comfortable for scared caucasian monoglots, but fantasy seems to fuel the day to day of these for whom to think must really hurt their "brains".

And they look pretty much like everyone else, more/less.

A sad sad commentary on ignorance, fearmongering, hatred and intolerance , live and in NOT SO LIVING COLOR (strange, but almost all the "colorful" participants are NOT "people of color".

Perverse with a capital "E", hahahaha

Gurdjeiff would also refer these cretini as "those who walk the earth asleep".

If this was not that these crazyloucos are the 100% item, this would be a good comedy.

As it stands, an indictment of the current USian way of life for FAR too many of its citizens.

I imagine this review will draw many negative feelings from people who have the same uninformed, and at times ignorant notions that this film's subject profess, so be it, I feel sorry for you all!

Shame on them, and it is troubling to see how many of these folks have the emotional depth of piss on a rock, sad sad sad

(Oh, and a lttle aside, The furor over Barak Hussein Obama's NAME and his alleged origins as an "arab", foreigner, terrorista, etc....Barak is a name common in ISRAEL, so it seems a bit silly to be so concernes about his "eevil MOOSLIM" middle and surnames. I wonder if these people who agreed to be interviewed feel any degree at all of embarassment in retrospect~~ I imagine there a certain element that is PROUD of their performance. They do walk among us, as the famous horror film cliché says..)

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, April 22, 2009

By	Christine M. Tynes (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

The most important issue to consider while watching this documentary is how unbiased and simply done it is. Ms. Pelosi took a video camera to various John McCain rallies around the country during the 2008 presidential campaign and asked various people attending how they would feel if Barack Obama won, both as a Democrat but primarily as the first African American president. The answers she received were straight forward... there didn't appear to be any manipulative editing going on -- just people's honest opinions. This documentary is important. While prejudice exists everywhere, the die hard base of the Republican Party seem to own the "rights" to ugliness in such a mainstream way. It's unfortunate that this documentary shows the party in such a horrible light... but if the shoe fits...