On Thursday, lawyers and defendants presented closing arguments in the federal civil trial for white nationalists and Neo-Nazis who organized the deadly August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
Ostensibly planned in protest of the scheduled removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from a public park, the rally involved a march of tiki-torch-wielding white supremacists chanting things like “Jews will not replace us.” The gathering descended into a violent clash with counter-protestors, which culminated in James Field plowing his car into a crowd of people, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
Ostensibly planned in protest of the scheduled removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from a public park, the rally involved a march of tiki-torch-wielding white supremacists chanting things like “Jews will not replace us.” The gathering descended into a violent clash with counter-protestors, which culminated in James Field plowing his car into a crowd of people, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
- 11/18/2021
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas has signed on to produce Hoodwinked: The James Hart Stern Story, an original docuseries that chronicles the life of the African-American activist.
Unrealistic Ideas, the nonscripted production company launched by Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Archie Gips, is partnering with producer Paul Sadowski on the docuseries. Wahlberg, Levinson, Gips, and Sadowski will executive produce. Producers plan to shop the project, which is in development, to broadcast and cable networks.
Hoodwinked details the life of the Rev. James Hart Stern, who shrewdly seized control of two of the most powerful, violent and hateful white supremacist groups in the U.S.
“James Stern’s life story is so far-fetched it seems like pure fiction. But it all really happened — twice,” Gips said. Added Sadowski, “This is an incredible, ripped-from-the-headlines saga that will also take a gripping look at bigotry in America.”
The docuseries will cover the life and exploits of Stern,...
Unrealistic Ideas, the nonscripted production company launched by Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Archie Gips, is partnering with producer Paul Sadowski on the docuseries. Wahlberg, Levinson, Gips, and Sadowski will executive produce. Producers plan to shop the project, which is in development, to broadcast and cable networks.
Hoodwinked details the life of the Rev. James Hart Stern, who shrewdly seized control of two of the most powerful, violent and hateful white supremacist groups in the U.S.
“James Stern’s life story is so far-fetched it seems like pure fiction. But it all really happened — twice,” Gips said. Added Sadowski, “This is an incredible, ripped-from-the-headlines saga that will also take a gripping look at bigotry in America.”
The docuseries will cover the life and exploits of Stern,...
- 4/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has picked up a pair of documentaries from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan that look at the world of the far-right in the U.S. and, separately, Islamic extremism in the U.K. and Europe. “White Right: Meeting the Enemy” and “Jihad: A Story of the Others” launched Monday on the streaming service in the U.K. and the U.S.
In “White Right: Meeting the Enemy,” filmmaker Khan, who is a Norwegian-British Muslim of Punjabi and Pashtun descent, sits face to face with U.S. far-right and alt-right activists and personalities, including U.S. neo-Nazi leader Jeff Schoep. Khan and her crew found themselves in the midst of the Charlottesville riots while making the documentary, which was first shown on ITV in the U.K. last December.
BAFTA-nominated “Jihad: A Story of the Others” also bowed on ITV in 2017 (with the title “Jihad: A British Story”). In the film,...
In “White Right: Meeting the Enemy,” filmmaker Khan, who is a Norwegian-British Muslim of Punjabi and Pashtun descent, sits face to face with U.S. far-right and alt-right activists and personalities, including U.S. neo-Nazi leader Jeff Schoep. Khan and her crew found themselves in the midst of the Charlottesville riots while making the documentary, which was first shown on ITV in the U.K. last December.
BAFTA-nominated “Jihad: A Story of the Others” also bowed on ITV in 2017 (with the title “Jihad: A British Story”). In the film,...
- 6/11/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Matthew Ornstein’s new documentary “Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America” follows the the life of Daryl Davis, an accomplished musician who has performed all over the world with legends like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, who meets and befriends members of the Ku Klux Klan in his spare time. His relationships have proven remarkably effective with many members reconsidering their beliefs and with some even leaving the organization. Though his methods and his collection of Klan artifacts are controversial, Davis preaches and practices that change happens on a one-on-one basis. Watch an exclusive clip from “Accidental Courtesy” below.
Read More: SXSW Exclusive: Provocative Clip From Documentary ‘Accidental Courtesy’ Explores The Beliefs Of The Kkk
Aside from Davis, the film also features Frank Ancona, Thomas Robb, Jeff Schoep, Kwame Rose, Jc Faulk and Mark Potok. It has won multiple awards since its world premiere at last year’s South by Southwest Festival,...
Read More: SXSW Exclusive: Provocative Clip From Documentary ‘Accidental Courtesy’ Explores The Beliefs Of The Kkk
Aside from Davis, the film also features Frank Ancona, Thomas Robb, Jeff Schoep, Kwame Rose, Jc Faulk and Mark Potok. It has won multiple awards since its world premiere at last year’s South by Southwest Festival,...
- 1/5/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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