Lioness
2023 · Drama · War & politics
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TV series / 2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
Episode directors
David Korn-Brzoza
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 …
The story
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.
The seasons
Season 1
Miniseries
Season details
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.
Cast
Lucien Jean-BaptisteSelf - Narrator (voice)
Chris BuckleySelf- Former KKK Member
Mark PotokSelf - USA Right-wing Expert
David CunninghamSelf - St. Louis Washington Univ. Professor
Elaine FrantzSelf - Kent State Professor
Linda GordonSelf - NY Univ. Professor
Felix HarcourtSelf - Austin College Professor
Adam GreenSelf - Chicago Univ. Professor
Dale LongSelf - Civil Rights Activist
Bernard LaFayette Jr.Self - Civil Rights Activist
Bill BaxleySelf - Former Alabama Attorney General
Avery RollingSelf - Former FBI Agent
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Cecil MosesSelf - Former FBI Agent
William Joseph SimmonsSelf - KKK Leader (archive footage)
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Arthur Hornbui BellSelf - KKK Leader (archive footage)
August KlapprothSelf - German-American Bund Member (archive footage)
Samuel GreenSelf - KKK Leader (archive footage)
Lawrence A. RaineySelf - Freedom Summer Murders Defendant (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
George WallaceSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Robert E. ChamblissSelf - Baptist Church Bombing Defendant (archive footage)
Cecil PriceSelf - Freedom Summer Murders Defendant (archive footage)
J. Edgar HooverSelf - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)
Robert M. SheltonSelf - KKK Leader (archive footage)
Edgar Ray KillenSelf - Freedom Summer Murders Defendant (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - Politician (archive footage)
James Robertson 'Bob' JonesSelf - KKK Leader (archive footage)
Henry Francis HaysSelf - M. Donald's Murder Defendant (archive footage)
James 'Tiger' KnowlesSelf - M. Donald's Murder Defendant (archive footage)
Beulah DonaldSelf - M. Donald's Mother (archive footage)
Timothy McVeighSelf - Oklahoma City Bombing Defendant (archive footage)
Barack ObamaSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf - Politician (archive footage)
George FloydSelf - Police Brutality Victim (archive footage)
David DukeSelf - KKK Leader (archive footage)
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