Talk:The Black Klansman
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Plot
[edit]Set during the Civil rights movement, the film tells the story of an African-American man, Jerry Ellworth (Richard Gilden, a white actor), who is an Los Angeles jazz musician with a white girlfriend. After the title song ends the movie zooms in on the city L.A. and a radio voice is heard with a partial news message :"Curfue has been established and only negro's living in the riot area are allowed in or out" which clearly describes the social atmosphere. Jerry arrives backstages and greets his white girlfriend and black friend Lonny, the saxophone player. They discus Chuck Sloan while Jerry hands over his camera to Lonny. Chuck is called in and Jerry explains the pictures are action pictures and Chuck should write a equaly good story to it. The pub owner comes in complaining about the lack off customers and sends the band home. A newspaper headline tells the public "CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PASSED". Meanwhile in Alabama, a young black man, Gilbert, walks aside the muddy road and a cars stops by. Its his mother who tries to stop her son to go to the city, "let someone else to be the first to try the new law" is her advice. She is worried, complains about his brother and even demands him to wear the closes she brought. In a pub the lad meets his brother, Farling (?) and points out the Civil Rights news. His brother replies that Washington DC is far away. Gilbert explains he just wants to drink a coffee at the 'City Cafe'. Gilbert stand infront off the cafe which has two signs on the door. "OPEN" and "NO NIGGERS ALLOWED". With the newspaper in his hand Gilbert enters the coffeeshop. Some white man sitting at a table complain about his aperence and make some racial remarks. When Gilbert sits down and politely asks for a coffee he is ignored and the waitress just walks to the otherside off the counter. ALL people in the coffeeshop stand up and leave. a older white man bows close to Gilbert and says "black boy, you just dont do this". When Gilbert is back at the pub where his brother is he gets the advice to stay home with his mother. "other people with more guts should do this type off thing". A car stops on a muddy road, in the dark. A black man is pushed out and severall Ku Klux Klan members follow him. They shoot him in the back. One off them has no mask and apears to be the old man from the coffeshop. In a (black)church the mother off Gilbert is celebrating God and a couple off cars aproach wildly driving and shouting from the carwindows. A little girl, who happens to be Jerry's daughter, gets up from a churchbench and walks to the maindoor. At that same moment a molotove is thrown from a car and hits the top off the just opening churchdoor. The burning petrol makes one big blase, killing Jerry's daughter. While the churchmembers try to hide and try to save to little girl a car returns and drops a pair off shoes in the hands off Gilbersts mother. She clearly recognises the shoes of her son. Her son is death too, is the message. (..) When he learns of this, 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.
actors
[edit]This film also stars Rima Kutner, Harry Lovejoy, Max Julien, Jakie Deslonde, and James McEachin, credited as Jimmy Mack.