Dinesh D’Souza’s Four Rules For Making A "Successful" Documentary

With the release of the polarizing filmmaker’s latest documentary 'Death of a Nation,' we're breaking down his "winning" formula.

You may recognize Dinesh D'Souza's name from his previous documentaries 2016: Obama’s America (2012), America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014) and Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)—documentaries that set the world abuzz with every release and the latter of which was the second highest grossing documentary to hit the box-office. Whatever the case, this filmmaker seems to have figured out the recipe for a successful documentary and his latest film, Death of a Nation, promises to be no different. Let's see what that might be.

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Death of a Nation is in theaters now.

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