If you're expecting a thoughtful movie dealing with the political, socioeconomic and/or racial divide in America this is not the movie for you. If you like to spend an evening being preached to about how amazingly important photojournalist are to the greater good, you found the film of your dreams.
Sadly the "Civil War" angle is nothing more than an attempt to stir interest in a fairly uninteresting flick. Probably worth watching when it's available to stream but not worth a drive to the theater or the price of admission in my opinion.