Editing Dinesh D'Souza (section)

===Filmmaking===
D'Souza has written and directed a number of [[conspiracy theory|conspiracist]] [[political films]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/dinesh-dsouza-if-it-can-happen-to-me-it-can-happen-to-you-the-world-according-to-police-state/|website=MotherJones|first=Stephanie|last=Mencimer|title=If it can happen to me, it can happen to you: The world according to 'Police State'|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626184513/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/dinesh-dsouza-if-it-can-happen-to-me-it-can-happen-to-you-the-world-according-to-police-state/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''2016: Obama's America'' film (2012)====
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D'Souza wrote and co-directed the documentary-style polemical film ''[[2016: Obama's America]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sharkey |first=Betsy |date=August 26, 2012 |title=2016: Obama's America' goes by the book |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-obamas-america-critics-notebook-2016-20120827,0,3566497.story?dssReturn |access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref> Through interviews and reenactments, the film compares the similarities in the lives of D'Souza and President [[Barack Obama]]. D'Souza suggested that early influences on Obama affected the decisions he made as president. The film's [[tagline]] is "Love him or hate him, you don't know him." The film has been criticized on the grounds that what D'Souza claims to be an investigation of Obama includes considerable projection, speculation, and selective borrowing from Obama's autobiography, to prove D'Souza's own narrative.<ref>{{cite news|first=Andy|last=Webster|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/movies/2016-obamas-america-by-dinesh-dsouza.html|title=Documentary Exploring Obama's Political Roots|work=The New York Times|date=August 12, 2012|access-date=September 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816071016/http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/movies/2016-obamas-america-by-dinesh-dsouza.html|archive-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Beth|last=Fouhy|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/28/is-dsouzas-anti-obama-film-subjective/?page=all#pagebreak|title=Is D'Souza's anti-Obama film 'subjective'?|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=August 28, 2012|access-date=September 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904113925/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/28/is-dsouzas-anti-obama-film-subjective/?page=all#pagebreak|archive-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> In a "Fact Check" of the film, the [[Associated Press]] found that D'Souza provided little or no evidence for most of his claims, noted that several allegations were factually false, and described the film's central thesis as "almost entirely subjective and a logical stretch at best."<ref>{{Cite news|first=Beth|last=Fouhy|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/news/fact-check-anti-obama-film-muddy-facts-072153385--politics.html|title=Fact Check: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts|publisher=Yahoo! Entertainment|date=August 28, 2012|access-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012700/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/news/fact-check-anti-obama-film-muddy-facts-072153385--politics.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>

After a limited release beginning July 13, 2012, the film expanded to over 1,000 theaters in late August 2012, and reached more than 2,000 theaters before the end of September 2012, eventually grossing more than $33.4 million.<ref name="bomojodoc">{{cite web |title=Documentary Movies at the Box Office – Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830030116/http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2016 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> It is the fifth highest-grossing documentary-style film in the United States during the last four decades,<ref name="bomojodoc" /> and the second highest-grossing political documentary.<ref name="bomojopoldoc">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=politicaldoc.htm|title=Documentary – Political Movies at the Box Office – Box Office Mojo|publisher=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110083242/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=politicaldoc.htm|archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>

The Obama administration described the film as "an insidious attempt to dishonestly smear the president".<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 5, 2012|title='2016: Obama's America' is a deliberate distortion of President Obama's record and world view|url=http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/entry/2016-obamas-america-is-a-deliberate-distortion-of-president-obamas-record-a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107234935/http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/entry/2016-obamas-america-is-a-deliberate-distortion-of-president-obamas-record-a|archive-date=November 7, 2012|access-date=November 27, 2020|website=barackobama.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Cavan|last=Sieczkowski|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/obama-campaign-responds-2016-obamas-america-smear-president_n_1874978.html|title=President's Campaign Slams Anti-Obama Film '2016: Obama's America'|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=September 11, 2012|access-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211060932/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/obama-campaign-responds-2016-obamas-america-smear-president_n_1874978.html|archive-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref> Later, when D'Souza was indicted for violating election law, D'Souza and his co-producers alleged that he was selectively prosecuted, and that the indictment was politically motivated retribution for the success of the film.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Bond|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-obamas-america-filmmaker-indicted-673670|title='2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116235616/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-obamas-america-filmmaker-indicted-673670|archive-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>

====''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' (2014)====
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In March 2013, D'Souza announced work on a documentary-style film titled ''[[America: Imagine the World Without Her]]'' for release in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title='2016: Obama's America' Filmmakers Making Follow-Up Film (Exclusive)|author=Paul Bond|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-obamas-america-filmmakers-making-429104|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=March 16, 2013|access-date=March 17, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317213813/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-obamas-america-filmmakers-making-429104|archive-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> ''America'' was marketed to political conservatives and through Christian marketing firms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-america-marketing-targets-713396|title=Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Marketing Targets Church Groups|last=Bond|first=Paul|date=2014-06-19|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Times]]'' states that D'Souza is saying that Americans no longer have past heroes like Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan, but "we do have us" in "our struggle for the restoration of America."<ref>{{cite news|author=Harrod, Andrew E.|title=Imaging a World without America; Dinesh D'Souza's New Film Refutes Detractors Who Scorn Her History|url=http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/1/harrod-imagining-a-world-without-america|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|location=Washington, DC|access-date=July 28, 2014|date=July 2, 2014}}</ref>

[[Lions Gate Entertainment]] released ''America'' in three theaters on June 27, 2014, and expanded its distribution on the weekend of the U.S. holiday [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] on July 4, 2014. [[CinemaScore]] reported that the opening-weekend audiences gave the film an "A+" grade.<ref name="Wrap">{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Todd|title=Dinesh D'Souza's Doc 'America' Can't Match Box-Office Lightning of His '2016: Obama's America'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america|website=The Wrap|access-date=August 19, 2014|date=July 6, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824111616/http://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america/|archive-date=August 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm|title=Weekend Report: 'Transformers' Repeats On Weak Independence Day Weekend – Box Office Mojo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717153654/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm|archive-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> The film grossed {{nowrap|$14.4 million}}, which made it the highest-grossing documentary in the United States in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm|title=America (2014)|work=boxofficemojo.com|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=November 6, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107020924/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm|archive-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref>

The film review website [[Metacritic]] surveyed {{nowrap|11 movie critics}} and assessed 10 reviews as negative and 1 as mixed, with none being positive. It gave an aggregate score of 15 out of 100, which indicates "overwhelming dislike".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/america|title=America Reviews|work=metacritic.com|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726003953/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/america|archive-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> The similar website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] surveyed {{nowrap|24 critics}} and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 22 as negative and 2 as positive. Of the {{nowrap|24 reviews}}, it determined an average rating of 2.9 out of 10. The website gave the film an overall score of 8% and said of the consensus, "Passionate but poorly constructed, ''America'' preaches to the choir."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_the_world_without_her_2014|title=America: Imagine the World Without Her|work=rottentomatoes.com|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=November 3, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111132104/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_the_world_without_her_2014/|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s Paul Bond said the film performed well in its limited theatrical release, "overcoming several negative reviews in the mainstream media".<ref name="bond20140705">{{cite journal|last=Bond|first=Paul|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-dinesh-dsouzas-america-features-716708|title=Why Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Features Clips of Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson|journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 5, 2014|access-date=December 10, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416054603/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-dinesh-dsouzas-america-features-716708|archive-date=April 16, 2015}}</ref> Bond reported, "Conservatives ... seem thrilled with the movie."<ref name="bond20140705" />

====''Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party'' (2016)====
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[[File:Dinesh D'Souza by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|D'Souza at CPAC 2016 in Washington, D.C.]]
On July 25, 2016, D'Souza released the documentary film ''Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party''.<ref name="Child">{{cite news|last1=Child|first1=Ben|title=Rightwing Firebrand Dinesh D'Souza Takes Aim at Hillary Clinton In Latest Documentary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/08/dinesh-dsouza-hillary-clinton-documentary-conservative-film-maker|date=March 8, 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=April 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404131430/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/08/dinesh-dsouza-hillary-clinton-documentary-conservative-film-maker|archive-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref> The film criticizes the Democratic Party and [[Hillary Clinton]], the presumptive (and ultimate) Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2016.<ref name="Child" /><ref>{{cite web|title=D'Souza Offers a Look Inside Hillary's America|url=http://www.trunews.com/article/dsouza-offers-a-look-inside-hillarys-america|date=July 20, 2016|publisher=trunews.com|access-date=July 21, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721115656/http://www.trunews.com/article/dsouza-offers-a-look-inside-hillarys-america|archive-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>

The film was universally panned by professional film critics. On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 4%, based on 27 professional reviews, with an average rating of 1.7/10. The critics' consensus on the site reads, "''Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party'' finds Dinesh D'Souza once again preaching to the right-wing choir—albeit less effectively than ever."<ref name="RT">{{Rotten Tomatoes|qid=Q25999937|title=Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 1 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".<ref>{{Metacritic film|title=Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party|qid=Q25999937}}</ref> It is the lowest-rated film on the website.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Movies of All Time|url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/movies/score/metascore/all/filtered?sort=asc|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308110553/https://www.metacritic.com/browse/movies/score/metascore/all/filtered?sort=asc|url-status=live}}</ref>

Peter Sobczynski wrote, "''Hillary's America'' may well be the single dumbest documentary that I have ever seen in my life."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sobczynski|first1=Peter|date=July 15, 2016|title=Hillary's America: The Secret History Of The Democratic Party Movie Review (2016)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hillarys-america-the-secret-history-of-the-democratic-party-2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923132708/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hillarys-america-the-secret-history-of-the-democratic-party-2016|archive-date=September 23, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2016|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> A July 2016 review in ''[[Variety magazine|Variety]]'' characterized D'Souza as "a right-wing conspiracy wingnut, the kind of "thinker" who takes off from Barack Obama birther theories and just keeps going, spinning out a web of comic-book liberal evil."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/hillarys-america-review-dinesh-dsouza-1201814480/|title=Film Review: 'Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party'|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|date=July 15, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044705/https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/hillarys-america-review-dinesh-dsouza-1201814480/|archive-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> Alex Shephard of ''[[The New Republic]]'' said: {{blockquote|Because he is a very dumb man, D'Souza doesn't even make a credible argument that [[Bill Clinton|Bill]] and Hillary are corrupt, even though in many ways it's low-hanging fruit. Instead, like every fringe weirdo who comes after the Clintons does, he overreaches and invents an absurd conspiracy ... It's not enough for, say, the [[Clinton Foundation]] to have taken money from, say, [[Saudi Arabia]]—instead, Clinton is literally presented as selling America to foreign countries. Why? D'Souza never explains.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Shephard|first1=Alex|last2=Silverman|first2=Jacob|date=2016-08-05|title=How Bad Is Dinesh D'Souza's 'Hillary's America'? A Conversation.|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/135845/bad-dinesh-dsouzas-hillarys-america-conversation|access-date=2021-08-19|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819032248/https://newrepublic.com/article/135845/bad-dinesh-dsouzas-hillarys-america-conversation|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Some conservatives viewed the film more positively. [[John Fund]] of the ''[[National Review]]'' stated that "[the film] is over the top in places and definitely selective, but the troubling facts are accurate and extensively documented in the D'Souza book that accompanies the movie." He also called the film "intensely patriotic".<ref>{{cite magazine | last1=Fund | first1=John | title=Hillary's America – A Two-by-Four Bashing Democrats | url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438016/hillarys-america-dinesh-dsouza-democrats-racist-past-corrupt-present | date=July 18, 2016 | magazine=[[National Review]] | access-date=July 21, 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721042854/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438016/hillarys-america-dinesh-dsouza-democrats-racist-past-corrupt-present | archive-date=July 21, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> On July 23, 2016, [[Donald Trump]], who was then running as the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nominee against Clinton, called on supporters to see the film.<ref>{{cite news | first=Bryan | last=Alexander | title='Hillary's America' Documentary Cracks Top 10 at Box Office | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/07/24/hillarys-america-documentary-cracks-top-10-box-office/87506198/ | date=July 24, 2016 | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | access-date=July 25, 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724222534/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/07/24/hillarys-america-documentary-cracks-top-10-box-office/87506198/ | archive-date=July 24, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

On January 23, 2017, the film was nominated for five [[Golden Raspberry Awards]], Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Dinesh D'Souza), Worst Actress ([[Rebekah Turner]]<ref>The video revealing the winners listed the nominee as "The 'Actress' Who Played [[Hillary Clinton]]". [[Mikaela Krantz]] also played a younger Hillary Clinton in the film, but only Rebekah Turner was on the official list of nominees.</ref><ref name="Derschowitz 2017">{{cite web | last=Derschowitz | first=Jessica | title='Zoolander No. 2,' 'Batman v Superman' Lead 2017 Razzies Nominations | website=EW.com | date=2017-01-23 | url=https://ew.com/awards/2017/01/23/razzies-2017-nominations-list/ | access-date=2024-04-02 | archive-date=April 18, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418235232/https://ew.com/awards/2017/01/23/razzies-2017-nominations-list/ | url-status=live }}</ref>), Worst Director (Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley), and Worst Screenplay.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jessica|last=Derschowitz|url=https://ew.com/awards/2017/01/23/razzies-2017-nominations-list/|title='Zoolander No. 2,' 'Batman v Superman' Lead 2017 Razzies Nominations|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021217/http://ew.com/awards/2017/01/23/razzies-2017-nominations-list/|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref> In response to the Razzie nominations, D'Souza stated that he was "actually quite honored" and called the nominations "petty revenge" in response to Trump's election victory, also stating that "the film might have played an important role in the election."<ref name="Petty">{{cite news | first=Bryan | last=Alexander | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/01/23/hillarys-america-director-dinesh-dsouza-calls-5-razzie-noms-petty-revenge/96969770/ | title='Hillary's America' Director D'Souza Calls 5 Razzie Noms 'Petty Revenge' | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=January 23, 2017 | access-date=January 24, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124014443/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/01/23/hillarys-america-director-dinesh-dsouza-calls-5-razzie-noms-petty-revenge/96969770/ | archive-date=January 24, 2017 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> D'Souza appeared in the video announcing the film as having won four of the five possible Razzies repeating his view that [[Trump Derangement Syndrome|the nominations were awarded in response to Trump's election victory]].<ref name="RazzieWinners">{{cite web | first1=Kimberly | last1=Nordyke | first2=Patrick | last2=Shanley | title=Razzie Awards: 'Batman v Superman', 'Hillary's America' Top Winners | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-razzie-award-winners-970378 | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=February 25, 2017 | access-date=February 25, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226061415/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-razzie-award-winners-970378 | archive-date=February 26, 2017 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

====''Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time?'' (2018)====
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''Death of a Nation'' had its world premiere in [[Los Angeles]], California on July 30, 2018.<ref name="bond">{{cite magazine | last=Bond | first=Paul | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-new-film-claims-democrats-racist-nazis-clip-1129938 | title=Dinesh D'Souza's New Film Makes Incendiary Claims About Democrats' History | magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=July 30, 2018 | access-date=July 31, 2018 | archive-date=March 21, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321165630/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dinesh-dsouzas-new-film-claims-democrats-racist-nazis-clip-1129938 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last=Carras | first=Christi | url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/donald-trump-jr-to-co-host-death-of-a-nation-screening-in-dc-with-dinesh-dsouza-1202891884/ | title=Donald Trump Jr. to Co-Host 'Death of a Nation' Screening in D.C. With Dinesh D'Souza | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=August 1, 2018 | access-date=August 2, 2018 | archive-date=May 7, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507021702/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/donald-trump-jr-to-co-host-death-of-a-nation-screening-in-dc-with-dinesh-dsouza-1202891884/ | url-status=live }}</ref> A showing in [[Washington, D.C.]], on August 1, 2018, was co-hosted by D'Souza and President Donald Trump's son [[Donald Trump Jr.]]<ref name="Stanley-Becker">{{cite news | last=Stanley-Becker | first=Isaac | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/02/under-trump-a-red-carpet-for-dinesh-dsouza-who-claims-hitler-was-a-liberal-in-new-documentary/ | title=Under Trump, a red carpet for Dinesh D'Souza, who claims Hitler was a liberal in new documentary | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=August 2, 2018 | access-date=August 3, 2018 | archive-date=October 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018165546/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/02/under-trump-a-red-carpet-for-dinesh-dsouza-who-claims-hitler-was-a-liberal-in-new-documentary/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Polus | first=Sarah | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/08/02/donald-trump-jr-co-hosts-dinesh-dsouzas-very-conservative-d-c-film-premiere/? | title=Donald Trump Jr. co-hosts Dinesh D'Souza's very conservative D.C. film premiere | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=August 2, 2018 | access-date=August 2, 2018 | archive-date=August 3, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803071838/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/08/02/donald-trump-jr-co-hosts-dinesh-dsouzas-very-conservative-d-c-film-premiere/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The film ''Death of a Nation'' centers around drawing parallels between the 45th President of the United States, [[Donald Trump]], and the 16th President of the United States, [[Abraham Lincoln]]. ''Death of a Nation'' explores the role of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in opposing both presidents. In the film, D'Souza accuses the Democratic Party—both historically and presently—of racism, [[white supremacy]], and fascism. D'Souza further argues that the political left attempt to falsely push claims of racism, white supremacy, and fascism onto the political right for political gain. He claims that the modern political left is currently using these types of accusations in attempts to remove Trump from office "by any means necessary."

The film includes numerous falsehoods and has received criticism from historians regarding aspects of historical accuracy.<ref name="herndon">{{cite news | last=Herndon | first=Astead W. | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/dinesh-dsouza-death-of-a-nation.html | title=A New Film Compares Democrats to Nazis and Trump to Lincoln. At This Screening, It Was a Hit. | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 17, 2018 | access-date=August 21, 2018 | archive-date=February 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202014531/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/dinesh-dsouza-death-of-a-nation.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171018|title=What Dinesh D'Souza's "Death of a Nation" Gets Wrong About Martin Van Buren {{!}} History News Network|website=historynewsnetwork.org|date=February 16, 2019|access-date=2019-03-03|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043702/https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171018|url-status=live}}</ref> The film characterizes [[Adolf Hitler]] as a liberal; historians characterize Hitler and the Nazis as being far-right.<ref name="Stanley-Becker" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Broich|first=John|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/08/01/there-is-nothing-liberal-about-fascism/|title=There is nothing liberal about fascism|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115014836/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/08/01/there-is-nothing-liberal-about-fascism/|url-status=live}}</ref> It also claims that Hitler was an [[LGBT]]Q sympathizer, whereas the Nazis murdered thousands of gay men and [[Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany|imprisoned homosexuals in concentration camps]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Marhoefer|first=Laurie|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/gay-nazi-myth-why-dinesh-dsouzas-misuse-of-history-is-so-galling.html|title=Why the Myth of the 'Gay Nazi' Is Back in Circulation|work=Slate|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=June 2, 2020|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529053009/https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/gay-nazi-myth-why-dinesh-dsouzas-misuse-of-history-is-so-galling.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 0% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 1.9/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_of_a_nation|title=Death of a Nation (2018)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412220335/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_of_a_nation|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 1 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/death-of-a-nation | title=Death of a Nation reviews | website=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=August 7, 2018 | archive-date=February 7, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207094128/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/death-of-a-nation | url-status=live }}</ref> [[PostTrak]] reported that filmgoers gave the film a score of 4 out of 5 stars,<ref name="opening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/tom-cruise-mila-kunis-box-office-mission-impossible-fallout-christopher-robin-spy-who-dumped-me-1202439507/|title='Mission' Notches Best 2nd Weekend For Franchise With $35M; 'Christopher Robin' No Eeyore With $25M – Sunday Box Office|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 5, 2018|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|access-date=August 5, 2018|archive-date=August 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803190146/https://deadline.com/2018/08/tom-cruise-mila-kunis-box-office-mission-impossible-fallout-christopher-robin-spy-who-dumped-me-1202439507/|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote that those polled by [[CinemaScore]] (which was paid by ''Death of a Nation''{{'}}s filmmakers to conduct polls of audiences) gave it a grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-why-dinesh-dsouzas-death-a-nation-didnt-get-a-trump-bump-1132318 | title=Box Office: Why Dinesh D'Souza's 'Death of a Nation' Didn't Get a Big Trump Bump | magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=August 6, 2018 | access-date=August 6, 2018 | archive-date=January 15, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115165210/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-why-dinesh-dsouzas-death-a-nation-didnt-get-a-trump-bump-1132318 | url-status=live }}</ref>

On its opening weekend, the film grossed $2.3 million on 1,032 screens, the lowest wide release for a D'Souza film.<ref name=opening /> {{As of|2018|8|19|df=US}}, the film has grossed {{nowrap|$5.3 million}}.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |title=Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time? (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deathofanation.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 22, 2018 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331050116/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deathofanation.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''2000 Mules'' (2022)====
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In May 2022, D'Souza released ''2000 Mules'', a [[conspiracy theory|conspiracist]] [[political film]]<ref name="auto3"/> that falsely alleges Democrat-aligned individuals were paid to illegally collect and deposit ballots into drop boxes in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]. The film was based on research by [[True the Vote]]. Former president [[Donald Trump]] praised the film as exposing "great election fraud".<ref name="Swenson_5/3/2022">{{cite news |last1=Swenson |first1=Ali |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Fact Focus: Gaping holes in the claim of 2K ballot 'mules |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-covid-technology-health-arizona-e1b49d2311bf900f44fa5c6dac406762 |quote=Praised by former President Donald Trump as exposing "great election fraud," the movie, called "2000 Mules," paints an ominous picture suggesting Democrat-aligned ballot "mules" were supposedly paid to illegally collect and drop off ballots in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But that's based on faulty assumptions, anonymous accounts and improper analysis of cellphone location data, which is not precise enough to confirm that somebody deposited a ballot into a drop box, according to experts. |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004035219/https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-covid-technology-health-arizona-e1b49d2311bf900f44fa5c6dac406762 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bump_4/29/2022">{{Cite news |last=Bump |first=Philip |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Analysis {{!}} The dishonest pivot at the heart of the new voter-fraud conspiracy |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/dishonest-pivot-heart-new-voter-fraud-conspiracy/ |access-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624232150/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/dishonest-pivot-heart-new-voter-fraud-conspiracy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PolitiFact_5/4/2022">{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Bill |last2=Sherman |first2=Amy |date=May 4, 2022 |title=The faulty premise of the '2,000 mules' trailer about voting by mail in the 2020 election |publisher=[[PolitiFact]] |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/04/faulty-premise-2000-mules-trailer-about-voting-mai/ |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |access-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906164912/https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/04/faulty-premise-2000-mules-trailer-about-voting-mai/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Associated Press reported the film was based on faulty assumptions, anonymous accounts and improper analysis of cellphone location data.<ref name="Swenson_5/3/2022" /><ref name="Bump_4/29/2022" /><ref name="PolitiFact_5/4/2022" /> ''[[The Dispatch]]'', a conservative<ref name="Coppins">{{cite news |last1=Coppins |first1=McKay |title=The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ |access-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=The Atlantic |date=January 31, 2020 |quote=''The Dispatch'' produces "serious, factually grounded journalism for a conservative audience". |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310020332/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/ |url-status=live }}</ref> online magazine, found that "The film's ballot harvesting theory is full of holes", and mentioned that "D'Souza has a history of promoting false and misleading claims".<ref name="Himmelman_5/21/2022">{{cite web | last=Himmelman | first=Khaya | title=Fact Checking Dinesh D'Souza's '2,000 Mules' | website=[[The Dispatch]] Fact Check | date=May 21, 2022 | url=https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-dinesh-dsouzas-2000 | access-date=May 21, 2022 | archive-date=May 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521152025/https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-dinesh-dsouzas-2000 | url-status=live }}</ref> On May 31, 2024, AP reported that the publisher of the film, Salem Media Group Inc., had apologized to the man they falsely accused of election fraud in the film and accompanying book, and withdrawn both from their platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/2000-mules-film-apology-f1c2de96f17e72241761b4e6deaee5cb|title=Publisher of '2000 Mules' apologizes to Georgia man falsely accused of ballot fraud in the film|date=May 31, 2024|website=AP News|first=Kate|last=Brumback|access-date=June 18, 2024|archive-date=June 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617011641/https://apnews.com/article/2000-mules-film-apology-f1c2de96f17e72241761b4e6deaee5cb|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''Police State'' (2023)====
Released in October 2023, ''The Washington Post'' reported this film "uses falsehoods, misleading interviews and dramatizations to allege federal persecution of Jan. 6 rioters and Christians." It was screened at Donald Trump's [[Mar-a-Lago]] residence soon after release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/05/trump-revenge-second-term/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 5, 2023|first1=Isaac|last1=Arnsdorf|first2=Josh|last2=Dawsey|first3=Devlin|last3=Barrett|access-date=June 18, 2024|archive-date=November 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105234529/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/05/trump-revenge-second-term/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''Vindicating Trump'' (2024)====
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In September 2024, D'Souza released ''Vindicating Trump'', exploring the alleged hurdles facing the former president in his 2024 bid for re-election. The documentary features an interview with Trump by D'Souza. Trump also promoted the film.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=September 25, 2024 |title=Box Office Preview: 'The Wild Robot,' 'Megalopolis' and Pro-Donald Trump Doc All Hit the Big Screen |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-wild-robot-megalopolis-1236011231/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |language=en-US |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927012829/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-wild-robot-megalopolis-1236011231/ |url-status=live }}</ref>