Klansville USAFilm Analysis

The title of the documentary I watched is “Klansville U.S.A” it was made January 13th 2015, based off a section of David Cunningham’s book that has the same title. I believe this films overall thesis is illustrating what the Klu Klux Klan was like, and all of its values. The film portrayed its thesis by looking into the largest sector of the Klan and how it operated under Bob Jones the group’s first “Grand Dragon.” The filmmaker’s agenda seemed to include mainly covering the history of the clan to provide an understanding for the viewers then proceeds to take an in depth look at what a sector of the Klan is like and represented. “Klansville U.S.A” conveys a shady dark message on the historical significance of the subject and rightfully displays it throughout the film with a wide variety of examples that were gruesome and repulsive to an average person, but were praised by Klan members in the film. However the film also conveys the amount of power that The Klan had hence the title “Klansville U.S.A” because the title represented the largest section of the group that had such a large following it could populate a town. …show more content…
Primary source examples of the films accuracy include multiple actual videos of Bob Jones KKK rallies provided by CBS news during these times. Another Primary source in the film is C.P. Ellis a man who was initiated into the Klan who has witnessed all the KKK stands for. The film displayed its accuracy with powerful secondary sources such as, Gary Freeze a historian who is an officer in the Historical Society of North Carolina. Another secondary source is the analyses of David Cecelski a historian in which his main focus is on civil rights and North Carolina