The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America

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Movie
Original title The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1982
length 30 minutes
Rod
Director Werner Schumann
script Charles Guggenheim ,
Patsy Sims
production Charles Guggenheim,
Werner Schumann
music Wayne Ewing
camera Michael Rendish
cut Reuben Aaronson
occupation

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America is an American documentary - short film by Werner Schumann from 1982. The film was at the Oscar ceremony in 1983 as best documentary short film nominated.

action

The film consists of both archive images and material shot especially for the film. James Whitmore is the speaker for the documentary .

The film describes the development of the American racist secret society Ku Klux Klan from its beginnings during the Civil War, through its re-establishment after the film The Birth of a Nation (1915), its expansion during the era of racial segregation , the Mississippi civil rights activist murders to its modern excesses under Robert Shelton , leader of the United Klans of America , David Duke and Don Black .

An emphasis is placed on the current state of the clan in American society. The film includes an interview with Jerry Thompson , who spent 18 months as an investigative journalist as a clan supporter for The Tennessean , and David Duke. The film also spoke to victims and opponents of the clan's recent past. The most famous incidents of the time were also addressed: Gladys Girgenti, who had prepared various bomb attacks, and the Greensboro massacre .

background

The film was produced by Guggenheim Productions for the 1979 Klanwatch project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

The film was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 1983 Academy Awards. But if You Love This Planet by Edward Le Lorrain and Terre Nash won .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Klan: A Legacy Of Hate In America. Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Keene State College, accessed February 28, 2018 .
  2. ^ David Mark Chalmers: Backfire: How the Ku Klux Klan Helped the Civil Rights Movement . Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7425-2311-1 , pp. 141 ( google.de [accessed on February 28, 2018]).
  3. ^ Martin J. Manning, Herbert Romerstein: Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda . Greenwood Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-0-313-29605-5 , pp. 157 ( google.de [accessed on February 28, 2018]).
  4. ↑ 55th Academy Awards Winners. In: oscars.org. September 5, 2012, accessed February 28, 2018 .