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Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America, The (VHS) |
Email This Page | | Filmmaker: Charles Guggenheim |
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From Charles Guggenheim, four-time winner of the Academy Award,comes this vivid, disturbing portrait of the oldest and most violent terrorist army ever to operate on American soil - The Ku Klux Klan. This incisive half-hour documentary traces the Klan's 130-year reign of terror from its birth in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War through its resurgence in the 1920's, to its modern incarnations during the Civil Rights era and beyond. Dedicated to an America free of "non-White, non-Christian" influence, the Klan's calculated appeal to ordinary folk is echoed in the rise of the paramilitary, the assault on Affirmative Action, the festering of anti-Semitism (Greensboro, North Carolina) and the attack on immigration policies (Galveston, Texas). Nominated for an Oscar, the film tells the Klan's bloody saga of murder and mayhem through profiles of its leaders, foot soldiers, victims and even its infiltrators. The result is a compelling examination of organized hate in America by a master filmmaker.
Running time: 30 min, Year released: 1982
Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y
Avail. formats: VHS
ISBN: 1-55974-596-7
Language: English, Subtitled?: N
For classroom?: Y, Study Guide?: N
Grade level: 9th and up
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 Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Short; CINE Golden Eagle; Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival; Columbus Film Festival
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This title can also be found in: Academy Award Nominees, American Film Festival Award Winners, CINE Golden Eagle Award Winner, Civil Rights, Guggenheim, Charles -- Films By, Hate crimes, History, Immigrant Experience, Racial Issues, Religion, Terrorism, U.S. History, U.S.A. |
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