The Klan Comes to Town

**The re-enactment opens and closes with audio (on black background) from an archived CBC's "This Hour Has Seven Days" broadcast. Video begins at 01:00 min. **More info...

"The Klan Comes to Town" is a re-creation of a twenty-minute October 24, 1965, CBC television interview between Calvin Craig, Grand Dragon of the Georgia Realm of the United Klans of America and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; his fellow Klansman George Sleigh; Civil Rights activist Reverend James Bevel; and "This Hour Has Seven Days" host Robert Hoyt.

"The Klan Comes to Town" from This Hour Has Seven Minutes, CBC Studios, Toronto, October 24, 1965 Plywood stage installation, klan robes (2), mannequins (2), black curtains, table, glass ashtray, stage lights (2), tulip chairs (4), LCD monitor and stand, single channel video. Recorded at the Art Gallery of York University January 6th, 2013.

Executive Producer: Scott McLaren
Cast: Grand Dragon Calvin Craig — Walter Rinaldi, Titan George Sligh — Oliver Bourque, Robert Hoyt — Russell Bennett, Reverend James Bevel — Wes Williams
Wardrobe/Seamstress: Jill Tomac
Videography: Chris Behnisch
Sound Recordist, Post Production Sound: Chandra Bulucon, Puppy Machine Productions
Production, Research & Studio Assistant: Iqrar Rivzi

Production assistance also from: York University Film/Video Department (Marcos Arriaga, Bill Byers), Gallery 44, Images Festival (Pablo de Ocampo, Scott Berry), Fearless Films, Lewis Kaye Casting Agency, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (University of Toronto)

Made with the generous financial support of Partners in Art and the Art Gallery of York University.

Видео The Klan Comes to Town канала Deanna Bowen