A recently rediscovered classic of American non-fiction, The Klan Unmasked by Stetson Kennedy, is currently making the rounds in Hollywood, and not for the first time.
Plans to turn Stetson Kennedy's true account of a personal and national battle against racism in the 1940's have been in the works for decades. Humphrey Bogart considered playing the lead role in a film based on Kennedy's book in the 1950's. Oliver Stone worked on a new treatment based on the book in 1996, but the project was abandoned.
Later, Mel Gibson expressed interest in a screenplay titled Mr. Perkins (referring to the fake name Kennedy used when he infiltrated the Klan). Again, the project was not developed, but a new treatment is currently making the rounds, and supposedly Brad Pitt is expressing interest. What does it all mean? We really don't know.
Plans to turn Stetson Kennedy's true account of a personal and national battle against racism in the 1940's have been in the works for decades. Humphrey Bogart considered playing the lead role in a film based on Kennedy's book in the 1950's. Oliver Stone worked on a new treatment based on the book in 1996, but the project was abandoned.
Later, Mel Gibson expressed interest in a screenplay titled Mr. Perkins (referring to the fake name Kennedy used when he infiltrated the Klan). Again, the project was not developed, but a new treatment is currently making the rounds, and supposedly Brad Pitt is expressing interest. What does it all mean? We really don't know.