{"id":31032,"date":"2024-08-06T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=31032"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:16:00","slug":"2024-hollyshorts-film-fest-how-to-sue-the-klan-by-gregg-w-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/2024-hollyshorts-film-fest-how-to-sue-the-klan-by-gregg-w-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"<small><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2024 Hollyshorts Film Fest<\/strong><\/span><\/small><br>A Hell of A Must-See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-V7zpXiSO2A?si=pZK7HCa1ry0Hbe2Z&amp;start=11\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31048\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK-768x435.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK-560x317.jpg 560w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK-260x147.jpg 260w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thefive2-sueKKK-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Five Black women living in Chattanooga \u2013 Viola Ellison, Lela Evans, Opal Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Fannie Mae Crumsey \u2013 and a civil liberties attorney from New York City, Randolph McLaughlin, dared to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case to make the KKK accountable for its crimes against the women as well as bring about justice to their community.<\/p>\n<p>Their victory in federal court set a legal precedent that continues to inspire the ongoing fight against organized hate to this date. The women were waiting for a cab April 19, 1980 when a car load of Klansmen on a sleazy and hideous boys-night-on-the town fired a volley of shotgun blasts at the women, hitting four; a fifth woman was struck by flying glass.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31058\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31058\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31058\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder-560x422.jpg 560w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder-260x196.jpg 260w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder-160x120.jpg 160w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/directorjohnbeder.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director John Beder<\/p><\/div>\n<p>HOW TO SUE THE KLAN is a riveting tour de force by Director Jon Beder. Because of the meticulous and unflinching way he made the film, the 35-minute short feels as if it has the aesthetic sweep and scope of a feature-length movie resonating with African-American philosophy, history, culture, activism. And lore.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harrison supporters should see this movie as she is gearing up and marshaling forces to deal with the existential threats that continue to menace an African America formidable and that will not be deterred. This reviewer invokes the name of Vice President Kamala Harrison because so much in HOW TO SUE THE KLAN reflects the racist acrimony going on in America today primarily but not exclusively because of Donald Trump and MAGA Maggots who support him.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney McLaughlin\u2019s use of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/artandhistory\/history\/common\/generic\/EnforcementActs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> KKK Act<\/a> set a nationwide legal precedent that allowed more racial violence cases to be tried in civil courts with the same statute, chipping away at the Klan\u2019s power and funding over time. They were sued all over the nation, and the financial losses and its diminished influence forced Klan outfits out of more cities.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the precedent set by the Chattanooga Five is still used to fight hate in a time when racial violence is surging. Violence by White nationalists and Neo-Nazis is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>There is much more going on in Director Beder&#8217;s movie that this reviewer knows would be spoilers if they were discussed or revealed. Despite the litigious triumph, potential audiences should know that there are bittersweet and heart rendering anecdotes and vignettes throughout the film just as there are bittersweet and heart rendering episodes throughout the racial history of the country.<\/p>\n<p>This reviewer hopes there comes a time when litigious &#8220;chipping away&#8221; at Klan-ism (and Trump-ism, MAGA-ism, Neo-nazi-ism and White nationalism and the rest) escalates to smashing, destroying and rending. I kid you not.<\/p>\n<p>Go see this movie!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/howtosuetheklan\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this profile on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/howtosuetheklan\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Sue the Klan<\/a> (@<a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/howtosuetheklan\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">howtosuetheklan<\/a>) \u2022 Instagram photos and videos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone nonalign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Publisher, Editor Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW TO SUE THE KLAN is a riveting tour de force by Director Jon Beder for a number of reasons but here is one standout. The meticulous and unflinching way he made the film makes the 35-minute short feel as if it has the aesthetic sweep and scope of a feature-length movie resonating with African-American philosophy, history, culture, activism. And lore.<br \/>Review, article by Gregg W. 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