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The Resource The last white knight, (electronic resource)

The last white knight, (electronic resource)

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Two men, one a white segregationist and Klansman, a life member of the Ku Klux Klan, and the other a white SNCC-Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee-civil rights worker, first met, violently, in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1965 and barely avoided ruining each other's lives. They meet 43 years later, on camera, to explore whether reconciliation is possible. Byron (Delay) de la Beckwith Jr. and ex-civil rights worker and filmmaker, Paul Saltzman, met and filmed over a 5-year period, beginning in 2007. Delay's father, Byron de la Beckwith, Sr., was a high-ranking official of the KKK and a founder of the White Citizens Council. In 1963, Delay's father murdered Medgar Evers, then head of the NAACP in Mississippi. Saltzman meets Delay for the first time since 1965 on the steps of the Leflore County Courthouse, the site where Beckwith Jr. punched Saltzman in the head. His ongoing conversations with Delay forms the narrative through-line of the film. Using graphic novel sequences the murder of Medgar Evers and the near-death experiences of Harry Belafonte and Jimmy Travis, all civil rights workers, at the hands of the KKK, are revisited. As the two individuals come together to discuss the current state of the world and how their feelings and opinions have changed, viewers will also hear from prominent figures about their stances on race relations
Language
eng
Work
Instance
Label
The last white knight
Title
The last white knight
Contributor
Film director
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Two men, one a white segregationist and Klansman, a life member of the Ku Klux Klan, and the other a white SNCC-Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee-civil rights worker, first met, violently, in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1965 and barely avoided ruining each other's lives. They meet 43 years later, on camera, to explore whether reconciliation is possible. Byron (Delay) de la Beckwith Jr. and ex-civil rights worker and filmmaker, Paul Saltzman, met and filmed over a 5-year period, beginning in 2007. Delay's father, Byron de la Beckwith, Sr., was a high-ranking official of the KKK and a founder of the White Citizens Council. In 1963, Delay's father murdered Medgar Evers, then head of the NAACP in Mississippi. Saltzman meets Delay for the first time since 1965 on the steps of the Leflore County Courthouse, the site where Beckwith Jr. punched Saltzman in the head. His ongoing conversations with Delay forms the narrative through-line of the film. Using graphic novel sequences the murder of Medgar Evers and the near-death experiences of Harry Belafonte and Jimmy Travis, all civil rights workers, at the hands of the KKK, are revisited. As the two individuals come together to discuss the current state of the world and how their feelings and opinions have changed, viewers will also hear from prominent figures about their stances on race relations
Cataloging source
Midwest
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Directed by Paul Saltzman
Intended audience
Rated R
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PerformerNote
Morgan Freeman, Harry Belafonte, Delay De La Beckwith, Paul Saltzman, Jim Ingram
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  • 1927-
  • 1932-2009
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  • Saltzman, Paul
  • Freeman, Morgan
  • Belafonte, Harry
  • Beckwith, Delay de la
  • Ingram, Jim
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Runtime
77
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  • Mississippi
  • Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
  • Civil rights workers
  • African American civil rights workers
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  • Civil rights
  • Saltzman, Paul
  • Beckwith, Byron de la
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The last white knight, (electronic resource)
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
MWT14452806
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 77 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
MWT14452806
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Stock number
14452806
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
The last white knight, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
MWT14452806
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 77 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
MWT14452806
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Stock number
14452806
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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