Has anyone ever heard of a 1-hour long documentary called "Mafia vs. KKK"? I watched it on TV several months ago & it was the most interesting documentary I had ever watched. I think it's from 2013, and it's not a TV series with the same or similar name.
It was packed with so much information going beyond the Mafia & KKK per se, even with TV commercial breaks. It explored associations between the Mafia with the Roman Catholic church in abolition or former Civil War Union states, and the KKK with protestants in the former Confederate south, and how they were in a way pitted against each other during the prohibition era. It also included how Hollywood was connected to this (mainly in opposition to the KKK). Basically, what it went over was how the former Confederate southern states along with the KKK were for prohibition, and how it backfired with the Mafia being involved in distributing it in the underground market.
What I found interesting about it was how it presented the way the US developed in the early 20th century from a different perspective I wasn't aware of.
I was only able to watch it one time when it was on TV, and I haven't seen it since then. I've been trying to find a way to watch it again.
It was packed with so much information going beyond the Mafia & KKK per se, even with TV commercial breaks. It explored associations between the Mafia with the Roman Catholic church in abolition or former Civil War Union states, and the KKK with protestants in the former Confederate south, and how they were in a way pitted against each other during the prohibition era. It also included how Hollywood was connected to this (mainly in opposition to the KKK). Basically, what it went over was how the former Confederate southern states along with the KKK were for prohibition, and how it backfired with the Mafia being involved in distributing it in the underground market.
What I found interesting about it was how it presented the way the US developed in the early 20th century from a different perspective I wasn't aware of.
I was only able to watch it one time when it was on TV, and I haven't seen it since then. I've been trying to find a way to watch it again.
