Klansville USA
The documentary, “Klansville USA” by Oliver Platt shows us this Klan that was highly ignored. This is because they continued to try and shed new light on organized racism and how it can impact people and their thoughts. This documentary was taken place in North Carolina. At this time, North Carolina was known and seen as one of the most progressive and successful southern states. They called themselves Klansville USA, which inspired the name of this documentary. It shows us how the Ku Klux Klan came back into the world in spite of looking for revenge for being shunned away. They grew tremendously in 1960 because of the civil rights movement. This was all led by the leader of the KKK Grand Dragon named Bob Jones. To defend this, North Carolina gained 10,000 members.
My Review
In my opinion, this documentary is highly informative. It gets the point across and explains it enough so the audience can understand and peak in on why this happened. It does a great job of representing the main situation at this time and how it was dealt with. They touch on why Bob Jones did what he did and what his motives were. They show clips from this time frame so we can see firsthand what it was like and what was going on directly which helps us have a better visual. Overall, this documentary by Oliver Platt was extremely informative and entertaining. I would recommend it to others to watch.
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