A film about the genesis of modern American white supremacy.
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Originally produced in 1977, The New Klan takes audiences into the rarely seen world of the Ku Klux Klan. Documenting rarely seen ceremonies, David Duke’s strategy to legitimize white supremacy and a first-person retelling of the murders of three freedom fighters in Alabama by a Klan lieutenant.
“Chilling & Haunting”
— Milt Suchin, The Suchin & Moss Talent Group
Heated Debate
Including the contentious 1977 debate between David Duke and Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. — witness as Duke twists American history to justify his supremacist beliefs, while Jackson’s fact-based and sober replies discount this problematic thinking. From community organizing, busing, and economic pre-determinism, we see the origins of the dog-whistles and stoking of white fear still used today.
“1977 or 2021?”
— Eleanor Bingham Miller, Producer & Director
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The New Klan, was released on 16mm film in 1978 and digitally restored in 2017.
“There are many parallels between when we made the film, and the growing license to express hatred in our current social and political climate — revisiting this film allows us to look to our past to inform our future.”
— Eleanor Bingham Miller, Producer & Director