The shitish invasion

What would you do if a leader of the white power movement showed up in your town and started buying up property all while declaring his intentions to make your once peaceful little town into a vile hub of  racism and bigotry?   The great people of the small town of Leith, North Dakota said no fucking way!, and to me that was a wonderful thing to watch. Part of the reason I found this documentary so encouraging was that despite the lack of diversity in Leith (one black gentleman seemed to be the soul minority in town) the town united against craig cobb (and no that's not a typing mistake, this asshole doesn't deserve capitalization) and his white trash Y'allQaeda, even though they would not have found themselves in the groups cross-hairs if they had kept their heads down and their mouths shut. We all like to think that we would take an active stance against this type of bigotry and it's encouraging to see that in this small town people did just that.

I watch a lot of documentaries and Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker have definitely added a new one to my list of favorites with "Welcome to Leith". It's not that the cinematography or direction are groundbreaking (though they are in no way lacking) or that the subject matter it self is particularly unique, its just great to see a real life story where the sides are so black and white (I swear, no pun intended) with such obvious good guys and bad guys, We don't see anyone straddling the fence or anyone accepting evil for convenience or compromising their beliefs because they are afraid to rock the boat.  I'm not naive enough to think all situations are that clear cut but all too often I see ambiguity where there should be none and people taking the path of least resistance rather than taking a stand that should be the clear moral choice to any thinking compassionate being. And in the town of Leith  (at least of what we are shown) as a whole the town took the path that would be clear to any moral person.

The "Cast" of "Welcome to Leath", if you will, is divided between the the townspeople (of which there is only a total of 24) comprising the "good guys".  the bad guys (no need for quotations here) in this story are craig cobb and his group "the national socialist movement". one heavily featured Jr Fuhrer in particular is kynan dutton, who has all the frightening intensity of laurel and hardy but none of their charm or good looks, you get the feeling this guys life could have went a totally different way had he just been able to get a girl to hold his hand before age 25.  Oh and lets not forget kynan's fiance (who's name slips my mind but isn't even deserving of a glance at my notes) who is a case study in white trash, at one point she refers to (and I'm paraphrasing here) "my fine ass fiance and his sexy ass guns". I laughed so hard I cried at that solid proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This bigoted trio would be the funniest reality show cast in history if they weren't, you know, nazi's.
If people enjoy "jersey shore" or "honey boo boo" because they feel superior to those on screen, this cast could set a new low in the lowest common denominator.

If you like documentaries or like seeing tales of good VS. evil or even if you just hated Nazis, "Welcome to Leith"  should be enjoyable to most. Documentaries tend be hard to recommend in general but I don't think many people are going to feel like they wasted their time on this one.
"Welcome to Leith" Gets a 9 stars of David (haha, oh yeah) out of 10