one of the oppositions was the ku klux klan. when we tell the story of the struggle, we have to tell the story from both sides, because we know there was opposition. exhibit, showing some of the memorabilia they used. monro, the ku klux klan also a replicated symbol of the cross. they were burning crosses in front of the leaders' houses to give a signal to the leaders that look, we know what you are doing and if you do not stop, we down next.our house so they were trying to stop the leaders from participating in the work. the clan terrorized people in many ways. in early days, they would take away black people's property. they would later go back and say this is to try to stop you from registering to vote. they would use those scare tactics, but it was prevalent throughout the south. not just in alabama, but throughout the south. war, therehe civil were three new laws passed. the 13th amendment, 14th amendment, and 15th amendment. the 13th amendment gave black men the right to vote, and they started voting in the southern states.

grand wizard of the ku klux klan. that david duke? police officer who infiltrates the ku klux klan. since you ask, i hate blacks. i hatejews, mexicans and irish. it's set in the 1970s but spike lee considers it a wa ke—up call for today. i'm screaming at the top of my voice. if you think this film was just about the united states of america, you're missing the point. brexit. notjust the united kingdom but this upsurge, all this right wing phenomena, this is happening all over this god's earth. it's a global issue. it's notjust america. we're the best in the business. number one. america first for racism. america first for sexism. america first for homophobia. let's push that aside. this film is dealing with a global problem. there's never been a black cop in the city. we think you might be the man to open things up around here. are you comfortable being an african—american? you are marked. i mean, there's a... you could know that something can go wrong very quickly and it's for no other reason that you're a black male. that's it. we ha

by infiltrating the ku klux klan, spike lee's protagoras bring an inside view of the hatred.heir virulent racism. blackkklansman their virulent racism. blackkkla nsman is their virulent racism. blackkklansman is a very political film designed to alert audiences to the presence of white racism in trump's america. america first! my job as filmmakers is storytellers to connect this period piece to present day. what is happening now did not just pop up out of thin air. blackkklansman just pop up out of thin air. blackkkla nsman is just pop up out of thin air. blackkklansman is a great return to form for spike lee, it was praised as his best film in years. and one with significant commercial potential. for the first time in a while he has fashioned a very engaging film that looks set to really resonate with the zeitgeist. a polish director won an oscar in 2014, so there were high hopes when his letters and came to cannes this year. it is the story of a doomed romance during the cold war in europe. cold war follows the tempestuous relationship of a pair of mismatched musicians whos

it's based on the true—life story of an african—american police officer who infiltrated the ku klux klanbeen more than 25 years since he last had a film in competition at the festival. blackkklansman, set in the early 1970s, tells the story of a black colorado springs police detective who in phonecalls infiltrates the local chapter of the kkk. god bless white america. a white police officer serves as his avatar or double and meets klan members in person. the film is based on a real police detective called ron stallworth. there was a lot at stake, and what he had to even do to get to that position, and i don't want to mimic, i didn't want to emulate, i just wanted to inhabit his spirit. become his friend, let's get invited back. by infiltrating the ku klux klan, spike lee's protagonists bring an inside view of a hate group. some of its figures are cartoonishly drawn but that does not undercut their virulent racism. blackkklansman is a very political film designed to alert audiences to the presence of white racism in trump's america. america first. all: america first! our job as filmmakers

police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleague who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the one nine hundred seventy s. . for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded a special dog he went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. i want to make a prediction in addition the meat to movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech telling how in one thousand nine hundred seven at the age of twenty one she was raped during the come film festival by disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein. he was directing legend martin scorsese was awarded the honorary cousin star award income. but as it stands you won't see his next movie here scorsese shot the irishman from netflix and as netflix refuses to first with these films and french cinemas and only stream them three years later it's films are effectively banned from cannes. last front clear was back after a seven year absence following a controversial press conference in which he expressed sympathy for adult hi

police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleague who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the one nine hundred seventy s. . for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded a special dog he went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. i want to make a prediction in addition the meat to movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech telling how in one thousand nine hundred seven at the age of twenty one she was raped during the come film festival by disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein. he was directing legend martin scorsese was awarded the honorary cousin star award in con. but as it stands you won't see his next movie here scorsese shot the irishman from netflix and as netflix refuses to first with these films in french cinemas and only stream them three years later that's films are effectively banned from cannes. last front clear was back after a seven year absence following a controversial press conference in which he expressed sympathy for adult h

officer from colorado and his white jewish colleagues could you get that info try to the branch of the ku klux klan in the nineteen seventies. for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded the special palme d'or it went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. i wanted edition in the me too movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech saying there were abuses sitting in the can audience who had yet to be outed that one time says she was raped at the festival when nine hundred ninety seven by disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein among. us directing legend martin scorsese was awarded to go on are a couple story and ten. john likely to see his next film here. scorsese shot the irishman for netflix and the company's films are effectively banned from cannes. that's because it's decided that streaming them online is more important than releasing them in french movie theaters. that. it was back after a seven year absence following a controversy all press conference in which he expressed sympathy

but we now know that the fbi had an informant within the ku klux mid-1950's.e and the fbi knew everything that the alabama klan was going to do before they did it. they knew in advance that there was an attack -- there would be an attack on the freedom writers , when viola griggs was murdered . gary roe was in the car from which she was shot. and the fbi knew the next day what had happened and who had done it because they had an informant right in the car. there is even a suggestion that roe himself was a person who far the shot. hoover wasy, jaeger in bed with the ku klux klan and was an absolute opponent -- j edgar hoover was in bed with the ku klux klan and was an absolute opponent. fbi, hector of the reported to robert kennedy. but the justice department did not know half of what hoover new. it is -- hoover knew. c -- now bit of let native it is an ambivalent legacy. we have to ask the sister leadership, the sister rank-and-file. one of the great moments of the labor movement came out of birmingham, alabama 1963. 2000 children were placed in jail. all of them had to be bailed out. whe

based on a true story credible true story about a black police officer who successfully infiltrated the ku klux klan on the phone pretending to be pretending to be white that were going to be a racist the best spike lee film in years and for me it deserved the palme d'or got the runner up a grand jury prize but definitely worth a watch that film also a. polish film cold war won the best director prize this is from the director of ito which won the oscar a couple of years ago for me this is the best made film this year in cannes beautiful black and white film it's a love story set in soviet era poland wonderful music perfect acting perfect direction really really a joy to watch really enjoy the joy of cinema those are two of my highlights this year and they both came out with two of the two of the top prizes so so it definitely was a pretty good year in cannes this time around i just would have liked to see a bit more female voices and female award winners on stage tonight w. culture correspondent scott roxboro thank you very much coming up will have all the action and allowances from the g

there the words of nazis, the torches from the ku klux klan. >> they're message echoing. ople are disturbed by the chants and images from the march through living rooms across the nation. >> your organization has been tracking hate for years. what was so different about charlottesville? >> it was literally the largest rally of its kind we've seen in well over a decade. there's no question, something has changed. and it's deeply troubling. >> this represents a turning point. >> troubling because this white supremacist unite the white rally in charlottesville, virginia, defined a new daunting and divisive direction in our country. >> we are determined to take our country back. >> reformed neo-nazi and author christian piccolini believes the khakis and their made-up moniker, all tt-right, are just new name for an old hate. when you saw those torches, what did you think? >> we've seen an metastisis. >> their intolerance was met with resistance. >> the outbursts have been violent. >> the resistance was met with terror. one woman died in this crowd when that car suddenly acceler

why do you allow david duke of the ku klux klan to say that you've been really helpful? mainstream media. these guys don't exist unless you make them a big deal. they‘ re totally irrelevant as far as... first off, they're all cranks. donald trump has said that, i have said that. they're all cranks and some very... you know, spencer and duke, these guys are cranks. the only reason they exist is because msnbc and bbc is down there with the camera giving them a platform. if you cut them off, nobody would ever hear from them. look at the company you keep in europe. you told a rally of le pen supporters when they call you a racist, wear it as a badge. 0k. but don'tjust go there. what was the build up? i said donald trump has the lowest black unemployment in history. donald trump has the lowest hispanic unemployment in 25 years. if you look at the policies of donald trump, ok? anybody, martin luther king would be proud of them, of what he's done for the black and hispanic community for jobs. so i said if what they're going to do... you think martin luther king would be proud o

certainly, grant, who was extremely vigorous in suppressing the ku klux klan in south carolina in 1870 and 1871, new what he was talking about. the word treason does not sit easily in people's mouths, even today. it is an ugly word to use. but, i don't have a better one to use in describing what happened in the civil war or describing the confederate cause. i have to call it that because that is how it was. how does the constitution defined treason? levying the war against the united states, giving aid and comfort to its enemies. surely, that was being done in the civil war. there were people who after the war, maintained their fidelity to that good old cause. what did happen though after the turn-of-the-century, as the veterans began to die off one by one, was you had academic historians, those of the dunning veryl of columbia, who deliberately and with the propagandist view in mind created an alternative view of the confederacy and reconstruction, especially reconstruction. at the dunning school, it is largely responsible for the view of reconstruction that regards aliensome disposit

american history, and you look back in this book at times when things have gone astray in the past -- the ku klux klan, joe mccarthy, the vil war -- and in the end, america has come right. is there a chance that with the internet and socl media and the ability of foreign nations to meddle as they have done, this time is different? jon: there is always a chance, of course, but i'm with your countryman and my half countryman churchill who said that the future may kn able, but the past should give us hope. i resist what i continue to think about as the narcissism of the present, as though social d dia is somehow a more nefarious and woanging force than movable type, or radio or television. at every point of quantum leaps of communication in a democratic culture -- lowercase d -- we have had fears and anxieties th. would lead to demagogue it is true that television, both the social-media world and the reality tv world -- remember, trump was known to most americans as the host of "the apprentice" more than anything else -- did givee us demagogue the founders feared. that is unquestionable.t e con

that got people talking in black klansmen spike lee tells the story of a black cop who infiltrates the ku klux klan. chance of winning the war here spike lee hasn't been canned in many many years and way way back he was here with do the right thing which in my opinion should have won the palme d'or it didn't invent this was prez of the jury did not give the spike lee spike lee still hates him for it he said if you ever see spin vendors will come out with a baseball bat spike lee appeared on the red carpet sporting knuckle dusters reading the words love and hate. can might have got a bit political this year but good intention. also need to translate into action it's time there were more women directors competing for the awards this year just three of the twenty one films in competition are female directed that needs to change time is definitely. and certainly with that we wrap up another show so don't forget to check out our website for more on the program or of course follow us on social media from me and the rest of us here as always thanks for joining in the exam tomorrow. on the next e

problem with the country as diverse as this one, and he is authorizing it as saying, basically when the kuand white supremacists marched through charlotteville, virginia, there is nothing wrong but protesting with the tiki lights and not realizing that this is bringing the image of the ku klux klan which is a supremacist organization, and releasing deep seeded feelings in the country. >> and when you gave president obama the speech on race, and he did not want to, but he had to, and we often look to the president of the united states in this country, when we are looking for leadership when it comes to such painful pieces of video that we have had to watch several times in this segment, and what might be able to be said by this president that could get us to a better place? >> i am not sure that president trump is necessarily in a position to give a talk about the treatment of people of color an marginalized people in the country country. it is a subject that he has not broeshed in any specific detail either in the campaign or the presidency, and as gloria mentioned, in the campaign when th

edgar hoover was in bed with the ku klux klan and was an absolute opponent. the director of the fbi, he reported to robert kennedy. but the justice department did not know half of what hoover knew. it is an ambivalent legacy. we have to ask the sister leadership, the sister rank-and-file. one of the great moments of the labor movement came out of birmingham, alabama 1963. 2000 black children were placed in jail. all of them had to be bailed out. where did the money come from? in fact, it was the unions that raised tens of thousands of dollars to bail out the children in birmingham, alabama in 1963. and of course, it was the labor movement that helped support the civil rights act of 1964. >> i would agree that there is an ambivalent relationship there. certainly between some local activists that are very established, more traditional unions. there could be more friction, particularly with those unions that were still predominantly white and were chafing against efforts like the philadelphia plan to diversify their membership. but if we move forward over time fr

i do not view the kkk, the ku klux klan, or the norse resistance army —— lord's resista nce norse resistancee replication of christianity. i know they the fringe. she is talking about the manifestation, the expression of a much deeper problem. that problem is to create an islamic state, a shia based one. mccalla caliphate did not emerge by accident. they refused to condemn the ideology that derived it. unless you object it, you will have various manifestations and tactical occur answers, which... have various manifestations and tactical occur answers, which. .. by the way, when were muslims held to such a low bar that they condemn murder and terrorism?” such a low bar that they condemn murder and terrorism? i am making the point about how you get rid of these objectives. she is saying this tiny minority are hijacking a religion and everyone is being painted with the same brush. disorganised majority being taken over by an organised minority. that is what they are. they play mood music to which others dance, and thatis music to which others dance, and that is the issue. are you putting too mu

and the speaker was georgia governor clifford walker an addressing a national convention of the ku klux klan. in his new book author explores racial strive called the soul of america, the battle for our better angels with whole world trying to figure out trump era. not only does niche chum see how it's lit and how america has come through the darkness every occasion. and joining me now from raleigh, north carolina. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> good to have you. so the subtitle of your book, are better angels refers to abraham lincoln first inaugural address, and at that time america stood on the brink of civil war. how to you does that resonate now? why did you choose that title? >> well, every era in american life has been shaped by the battle between our best instincts and our worst instincts. uniquely among nations we were founded in more or less the modern era coming out of the european enlightenment and scientific revolution, behind it reason would stand against passion in the a roon a. we were founded on that idea. but at every point from the very beginning, 1790 all t

i do not view the kkk, the ku klux klan, or the lord's resistance army as an accurate replication ofshe is talking about the manifestation, the expression of a much deeper problem. that problem is to create an islamic state, a sharia—based one. the caliphate did not emerge by accident. they refused to condemn the ideology that derived it. unless you condemn the objective, you will have various manifestations and tactical occurrences which... by the way, when were muslims held to such a low bar that they have to condemn murder and terrorism? i am making the point about how you get rid of these objectives. she is saying this tiny minority are hijacking a religion and everyone is being tarred with the same brush. so, a disorganised majority being taken over by an organised minority. that is what they are. but they play mood music to which others dance, and that is the issue. are you putting too much emphasis on that? it is largely a problem with the media. there was a study by a lexisnexis academic that looked at television coverage between 2006 and 2016. muslim attacks received 357% mo

runner—up prize, the grand prix, for black klansman — a film about a black police officer who infiltrates the kuollowing the wedding of prince harry to the american actress, meghan markle. about 200 close friends and relatives were invited to attend a private party for the couple in the grounds of windsor castle. prince harry and ms markle will now be known as the duke and duchess of sussex. here are some of the memorable moments from the royal wedding — on what's been a very special day. doctor king was right, we must discover love, the redemptive power of love. eye, harry, take you to be my wife. fire, megan, take you harry, to be my husband. —— i. good morning. with the world's eyes fixed on the uk on saturday, the weather certainly came up trumps. you and i know it is not always like this. but through this coming week, there will be more warmth and sunshine to enjoy but a few exceptions. those exceptions will be mainly today across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the weather front edging in, bringing breezy and cloudy conditions and occasional rain. with high pressure in the south an

runner—up prize, the grand prix, for black klansman — a film about a black police officer who infiltrates the kuitter — i'm @ nkem ifejika. from me and the rest of the team, bye— bye. good morning. with the world's eyes fixed on the uk on saturday, the weather certainly came up trumps. you and i know it is not always like this. but through this coming week, there will be more warmth and sunshine to enjoy but a few exceptions. those exceptions will be mainly today across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the weather front edging in, bringing breezy and cloudy conditions and occasional rain. with high pressure in the south and east, we go into the morning dry and for many, clear once again. there will be mist and low cloud in east anglia and the south—east. here, the coolest of the weather. three or four degrees in the countryside to start the day. the mist and low cloud in the south—east will break up and burn back to the coast through the day but we will stick with the cloud across western scotland and northern ireland, particularly with outbreaks of rain. sunshine a bit hazy across northe

i mean, the clue ku klux klan rising in the 1920s and '30s. how did the coury grapple with that and get through it? >> there are parallels because there was a great deal of anxiety about immigrants, there was a great de anxiety about global affairs becae we had come out of the first world war, and working class, middle class white movement refounded the ku klux klan. there were senators, governors who were explicitly members of the klan. how did we get through it calvin coolidge limited immigration so it took some oxygen out of the fair, but also a free press said this is not who we are, harding and coolidge said this is not who we are, t d, ultimately, our better angels prevailedast briefly. >> woodruff: there are so many other examples but one of the principle one is the red scare, after world r ii, the 1950s, is mccarthy era, and roy cohn was a figure, someone who co incidentally was a mentor to donald trump, was a figure. >> we hope itco'cidental. >> woodruff: yeah. in many ways the9 130s and early $1,950 are the most aknoll gauss periods.

told him he couldn't go because it was simply h too dangerous but violent groups got to get him into the ku klux klan was also out to get him. they have to pair that with knowing that by this point they had broken with him publicly in knowing about how he was despised by those with political leaders so that is one thing i thought about for a while. why did john didn't come sort of on the assumption at the time that the president would have obviously attended martin luther king's funeral, but he didn't, which i think told us something. something i was looking for in the book one thing i looked at was those moments where people came together to try to effect change in social justice so not just one featured and one of the stories i tel told us about the excitement digital where at this time he was thought of as a very wealthy conservative institution and not as a hotbed of student radicalism that even the skipped their classes and slept on the lawn and demanded higher wages for the janitors. they had rippled through the everyday lives of the nation in that way. it's even more timely than at t

you have the ku klux klan. you have potentially the soviet union. you have the mafia. list of suspects was immense. >> bobby kennedy's calling around to try to find out what happened. he has spies everywhere, and he has a spy in chicago who has contacts with the mafia boss sam giancana to find out if giancana killed jfk. the answer is no. >> bobby even wonders if america's own intelligence agency is to blame. >> he calls the head of the cia, john mccomb, to see m the cia did it, and mccomb swears to him as a fellow catholic the cia is innocent. >> asbobby searchesfor the truth behind jack's assassination, jackie plans for her husband's state funeral. >> the body of the late president john kennedy now lies in repose in the east room of the white house. the cameras are being allowed in at mrs. kennedy's specific request. >> jacqueline kennedy wanted to make sure that at the time and for all of history his death would have meaning and wanted to show that her husband was a martyr. >> she wanted the white house to be exactly as it was after president lincoln's assassinatio