The Black Klansman

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The Black Klansman
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Official film release poster
Directed byTed V. Mikels
Screenplay byArt Names
John T. Wilson
Produced byTed V. Mikels
Joe Solomon
Starring
CinematographyRobert Caramico
Edited byTed V. Mikels
Music byJaime Mendoza-Nava
Release date
1966
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States

The Black Klansman, originally released in 1966 under the name I Crossed the Color Line, is a low-budget feature film directed by Ted V. Mikels and starring Richard Gilden, Rima Kutner, Harry Lovejoy, Max Julien, Jakie Deslonde, and James McEachin.[1]

Plot[]

During the civil rights movement, an African-American man, Jerry Ellworth (Richard Gilden, a white actor), is a Los Angeles jazz musician with a white girlfriend. Meanwhile, in an Alabama diner, a young black man attempts to exercise his civil rights by sitting at a local diner. When the Ku Klux Klan learn of this, they firebomb a church, killing Jerry's daughter. By way of revenge, Jerry moves to Alabama to infiltrate the group responsible for his daughter's death. Jerry dons his disguise and becomes a member of the inner circle, befriending the local leader and his daughter, and soon exacts his revenge.

Cast[]

  • Richard Gilden as Jerry Ellsworth
  • Rima Kutner as Andrea
  • Harry Lovejoy as "Rock"
  • Max Julien as Raymond
  • Jakie Deslonde as Farley
  • James McEachin as Lonnie
  • Maureen Gaffney as Carole Ann
  • W. McLennard as Wallace
  • Ginode Augustino as Sawyer
  • R.L. Armstrong as Jenkins
  • Byrd Holland as Buckley
  • Whitman Mayo as Alex
  • Frances E. Williams as Ellie Madison
  • Ray Dannis as Sloane
  • William Collins as Deputy
  • Kirk Kirksey as Delbert
  • Jimmy Robinson as Barnaby
  • Anita Hurrel as Mrs. Ellsworth
  • Gary Kent as Wilkins

Production[]

Mikels says he told Joe Solomon that he would not make the film "if I couldn’t make some good out of it. If we couldn’t justify everything and bring about a union of understanding between black and white and come to a conclusion that would leave people saying, ‘Well, we better learn to get along, or else.’ If I couldn’t do that, I wouldn’t make the movie, so I won out there."[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Black Klansman". TCM.
  2. ^ Ashmun, Dale (2000). "Ted V Mikels". Psychotronic Video. No. 32. p. 41.

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