44 minutes that'll wreck your timeline and your optimism.
Covers the legacy of hate in America and how it shaped the country as it is today. Reporters follow characters and experts from across the U.S. including the families of James Byrd, Vernon Dahmer and Medgar Evers, organizers of rallies in Charlottesville and Portland, and a reformed Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan.
Direction
Parham lets subjects hang themselves with their own words.
Editing
Rapid cuts between past and present feel like history screaming.
Director
Justin Parham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2018, this predates the 2021 Capitol riot but eerily predicts the mainstreaming of groups like Proud Boys, whose member Ethan Nordean appears before his federal indictment for January 6th involvement.
Director Justin Parham was only 25 when filming, making this one of the youngest-directed documentaries on American hate groups—his youth arguably granted access that older filmmakers might not have received.
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