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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Documentary films Nonfiction films |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Secondary (senior high) school, Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Zucker; Signe Waller; Nelson Johnson; Willena Cannon; Virgil Griffin; Gorrell Pierce; Marty Nathan; Paul C Bermanzohn; Florence Gatten; Roland Wayne Wood; Jim Melvin; Sheldon Mirowitz; Longnook Pictures (Firm); Filmakers Library, inc. |
| OCLC Number: | 309863444 |
| Notes: | Originally produced in 2007. "An 83-minute version is also available"--Filmakers Library website. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Scott Anger ; story editor, Richard Hankin ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz. |
| Performer(s): | Includes interviews with/appearances by: Signe Waller (writer, activist), Nelson Johnson (Local leader, Communist Workers Party), Marty Nathan (physician, activist), Virgil Griffin (Imperial Wizard, Ku Klux Klan member since 1963), Willena Cannon (activist), Gorrell Pierce (Grand Dragon, Federated Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1970's), Paul Bermanzohn (psychiatrist, activist), Jim Melvin (Greensboro Mayor, 1971-1981), Florence Gatten (Councilwoman), Roland Wayne Wood (former local leader, Nazi Party). |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, NTSC. |
| Other Titles: | Closer to the truth |
| Responsibility: | Longnook Pictures ; A film by Adam Zucker ; produced, directed and edited by Adam Zucker. |
Abstract:
With original footage and interviews of survivors, witnesses, and participants, this film details the story of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, in which Klansman shot, wounded and killed various members of a protesting Communist Workers Party in broad daylight on a city street. This was eventually addressed in 2006, through the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission within the U.S., which charged police complicity in the murders through their inaction, and their failure to provide equal protection. The film explores the meaning, repercussions, and unanswered questions of this crime, and its connection to the larger struggle of social reform.
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- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century.
- Greensboro Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
- Riots -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century.
- Massacres -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History -- 20th century.
- Communist Workers Party (U.S.)
- Racism -- North Carolina -- Greensboro.
- Greensboro (N.C.) -- History.
