'The Politics of Hate: Rise of the Far Right in the US and Europe,' Documentary Film 🎥

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2017 (1 hr, 7 mins.). Journeyman Pictures. In depth film that is more critical today amid heightened threats to democracy in America and Europe. The documentary covers how we got here to the extremism of the 2000s. The Great Depression began in the U.S. with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and spread around the world. After the U.S., Germany was the most affected country. The effects of the crisis lasted until World War II (1939- 1945) in some countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

The 20th c. rise of fascism in Europe, and the growth of Nazi support in the US during the 1920s and 1930s that was furthered by industrialist Henry Ford and other fascist sympathizers. The expansion of the KKK white supremacist group and other far right hate movements in the US and Europe are driven by themes of racism, antisemitism, anti immigration, anti government and anti democracy. *Feature focus, Christian Picciolini, former Chicago Skinhead.
https://www.journeyman.tv/film/7179/the-politics-of-hate

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1. 'The Birth of A Nation' (1915) epic silent film inspired the rebirth of the KKK.

Trailer, 'The Birth of A Nation,' (1915) epic silent film by D.W. Griffith impacted racial segregation, reinforced white supremacy and contributed to the rebirth of the KKK. (Full Film online).
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Wiki, Ed. - The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman. The film has been acknowledged as an inspiration for the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, which took place only a few months after its release.

The Birth of a Nation is a landmark of film history, lauded for its technical virtuosity. Its plot, part fiction and part history, chronicles the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth and the relationship of two families in the Civil War and Reconstruction. It was the first motion picture to be screened inside the White House, viewed there by President Woodrow Wilson, his family, and members of his cabinet.

The film was controversial even before its release, and it has remained so ever since; it has been called "the most controversial film ever made in the United States" and "the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history".The film has been denounced for its racist depiction of African Americans.
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is portrayed as a heroic force, necessary to preserve American values, protect white women, and maintain white supremacy.

The film's success was both a consequence of and a contributor to racial segregation throughout the U.S. In response to the film's depictions of black people and Civil War history, African Americans across the U.S. organized and protested. In spite of its divisiveness, The Birth of a Nation was a massive commercial success and profounfly influenced both the film industry and American culture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation