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Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

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Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.

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Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.

Network / Platform
ARTE
Status
Ended
First Aired
06/Oct/2020
Language
French
Schedule
Tuesday

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Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.

S1 E1Birth of the Invisible Empire06/Oct/2020 • 53m
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S1 E2Resurrections06/Oct/2020 • 53m
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Original title
Ku Klux Klan : une histoire américaine
Format
Miniseries
Created by
David Korn-Brzoza
Country
France
Original language
French
Network / Platform
ARTE · France
First aired
06/Oct/2020
Last aired
06/Oct/2020
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
Runtime
53 min
Official schedule
Tuesday
Official timezone
Europe/Paris
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Cast

24 credits
Lucien Jean-Baptiste Lucien Jean-Baptiste Self - Narrator (voice) Chris Buckley Self- Former KKK Member Elaine Frantz Self - Kent State Professor Mark Potok Self - USA Right-wing Expert Linda Gordon Self - NY Univ. Professor David Cunningham Self - St. Louis Washington Univ. Professor Felix Harcourt Self - Austin College Professor Adam Green Self - Chicago Univ. Professor Dale Long Self - Civil Rights Activist Bernard LaFayette Jr. Self - Civil Rights Activist Bill Baxley Self - Former Alabama Attorney General Avery Rolling Self - Former FBI Agent Cecil Moses Self - Former FBI Agent William Joseph Simmons Self - KKK Leader (archive footage) Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - Politician (archive footage) Arthur Hornbui Bell Self - KKK Leader (archive footage) August Klapproth Self - German-American Bund Member (archive footage) Samuel Green Self - KKK Leader (archive footage) Lawrence A. Rainey Self - Freedom Summer Murders Defendant (archive footage) Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) George Wallace George Wallace Self - Politician (archive footage) Robert E. Chambliss Self - Baptist Church Bombing Defendant (archive footage) Cecil Price Self - Freedom Summer Murders Defendant (archive footage) J. Edgar Hoover J. Edgar Hoover Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)

Crew

12 credits
Jérôme Letué Graphic Designer Ronan Jupin Graphic Designer Charles Sautreuil Director of Photography Pap Ndiaye Pap Ndiaye Technical Advisor David Korn-Brzoza Director, Writer Jean-Paul Le Grouyer Editor Dominique Tibi Producer Marie Corberand Researcher Vincent Mauduit Sound Editor Georges Lafitte Sound Mixer David Lassalle Sound Recordist Philippe Charriot Sound Recordist
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