Wolf outlines ten steps that 'closing societies' – such as Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and Stalin's Russia – have historically followed. The film also features grassroots political leaders, military generals, and victims of undermined civil liberties. These interviews are from a diverse collection of individuals, including intelligence community top brass, who are willing to talk on camera about the uselessness of 'intelligence' gained through torture. Break-away segments featuring both talking-head and 'fly on the wall' interviews demonstrate the historical echoes and present-day consequences of the erosion of America's Constitution. The film's style is similar to that of An Inconvenient Truth in that Wolf presents a lecture, filmed with multiple cameras, to an interactive audience. 'The average American might not be alarmed at AT&T selling our private information to the Bush administration, but when this action is seen as part of a larger series of erosions and events, a pattern emerges with unfortunate consequences that become disturbingly clear.' Style The films asserts such trends are being repeated in America today, and puts the recent gradual loss of civil liberties in the U.S. The film takes a historical look at trends in once-functioning democracies from modern history, based on Wolf's 2007 book The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. The End of America details the ten steps a country takes when it slides toward fascism. The film analyzes policy changes made during the Bush Administration, and makes the case that these changes threaten American democracy.

The End of America is a 2008 documentary film directed by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, adapted from Naomi Wolf's 2007 book, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot.

The End of America by Naomi Wolf