The People v. The Klan
Premieres April 11, 2021 @ 9pm ET on CNN
A CNN Original Series
Produced by Blumhouse Television
Directed by Donnie Eichar
Executive Producers: Donnie Eichar, Cornell William Brooks, Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold & Mary Lisio
Editors: Shane McLafferty (*Shane is a main editor on Episodes 1, 2 & 4 - Additional editing / finishing on Ep. 3 and he is one of a team of 6 editors on the series.)
The People v. The Klan is a four-part CNN Original Series, produced by Blumhouse Television, about the little-known true story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black mother in Alabama who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the brutal murder of her son, Michael, who was just nineteen years old when he was found hanging from a tree. Black community leaders immediately suspected it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement was slow to acknowledge the murder was racially motivated. When the investigation stalled, Beulah Mae and local Black leaders refused to back down until Michael’s killers were brought to justice.
This series explores the systems that allowed the Klan to operate unfettered for so long, the activists of the Civil Rights movement who dismantled the Klan’s hold on the nation, and the groundbreaking legal battle that destroyed the entire Klan organization. It also confronts the past and the inextricable link to the present-day discord in America, while shining a light on the too-often marginalized agents of change in our society: the Black mothers of the movement, activists, and attorneys who fight for equality in America.
A CNN Original Series
Produced by Blumhouse Television
Directed by Donnie Eichar
Executive Producers: Donnie Eichar, Cornell William Brooks, Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold & Mary Lisio
Editors: Shane McLafferty (*Shane is a main editor on Episodes 1, 2 & 4 - Additional editing / finishing on Ep. 3 and he is one of a team of 6 editors on the series.)
The People v. The Klan is a four-part CNN Original Series, produced by Blumhouse Television, about the little-known true story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black mother in Alabama who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the brutal murder of her son, Michael, who was just nineteen years old when he was found hanging from a tree. Black community leaders immediately suspected it was a Klan lynching, but local law enforcement was slow to acknowledge the murder was racially motivated. When the investigation stalled, Beulah Mae and local Black leaders refused to back down until Michael’s killers were brought to justice.
This series explores the systems that allowed the Klan to operate unfettered for so long, the activists of the Civil Rights movement who dismantled the Klan’s hold on the nation, and the groundbreaking legal battle that destroyed the entire Klan organization. It also confronts the past and the inextricable link to the present-day discord in America, while shining a light on the too-often marginalized agents of change in our society: the Black mothers of the movement, activists, and attorneys who fight for equality in America.
