Without a single episode ever airing, “Generation Kkk” has proven to be among the most controversial, talked-about shows of the year. The latest in the A&E docuseries’ saga — it had its title changed to “Escaping the Kkk: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America” after public outcry and has since been canceled altogether after it was revealed that producers had paid interviewees — comes from Variety, who report that members of the Ku Klux Klan now allege that producers of the show paid them to fake scenes.
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“We were betrayed by the producers and A&E,” said Richard Nichols, a Klan member who was to be featured on the series. “It was all made up — pretty much everything we said and did was fake and because that is what the film people told us to do and say.
Read More: A&E Cancels Ku Klux Klan Series After It Stumbles with Another Holiday Headache
“We were betrayed by the producers and A&E,” said Richard Nichols, a Klan member who was to be featured on the series. “It was all made up — pretty much everything we said and did was fake and because that is what the film people told us to do and say.
- 12/31/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
A more comprehensive write-up wrapping up the festival written by Mike D. of ReelBlack, is forthcoming. For now, here is a list of winners from the 2015 Blackstar Film Festival, which ended yesterday, after a 4-day run in Philadelphia, Pa. The awards event was held at World Café Live. - Special Recognition in Directing, Documentary – Rachelle Salnave ("La Belle Vie") - Special Recognition in Directing, Narrative – Evita Castine ("Only Light") - Best Experimental Short – "Vow of Silence" by Be Steadwell - Audience Award, Experimental Short –"Vocabulary of the Mysteries" by Jacob Shanks Kindlon - Richard Nichols...
- 8/3/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
How can you make any sense of a life ending? Richard Nichols, who managed the Roots since the beginning, since before the beginning, passed away on July 17 after a long battle with leukemia (Cmml). Rich was 55. Our culture calls for certain forms of expression in the wake of an event like this: We’re supposed to compose a declaration of devotion to the departed, offer testimony regarding his lasting importance, make a simple statement of the sadness that has settled over us all. There is no declaration or testimony big enough to fill the life of Rich. But there is a simple statement, and this is it: There is only one Richard Nichols. I know what ya’ll are thinking: "There is only one of each of us." But it's truer than true in this case. Rich was our manager, but that's only a vague way of describing what he...
- 7/30/2014
- by Questlove
- Vulture
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