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====''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>