Blood in the Face

Blood in the Face

A riveting, jaw-dropping view of America's white supremacy movement. Rare archival footage, darkly humorous interviews, and their own promotional materials bring to light the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, the Aryan Nation, The Order and other radical right groups. With a folksy, matter-of-fact certainty, the men and women here speak of imminent race wars, Armageddon, theHolocaust "hoax", interracial breeding, the Christian Identity faith, the hordes of foreign troops poised to attack America, and "ZOG" - the Zion Occupation Government. In the wake of Oklahoma City, it's clear the radical right are not the patriotic, bedrock Americans they claim to be, nor harmless in their lunacies either. Controversial and timely, Blood in the Face reveals a dark and dangerous side of America.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Blood in the Face [VHS]

Inspired by a nonfiction book by author James Ridgeway, this 1991 documentary-- largely shot at a woodsy retreat in Michigan-- focuses on a day in the collective life of American neo-Nazis, racists, and conspiracy nuts awaiting all people of color to ignite Armageddon in the United States. Ridgeway (credited as one of the film's directors) teams with filmmakers Anne Bohlen and Kevin Rafferty to take an intentionally leisurely, conversational tack with supremacists who have assembled for lectures and workshops on everything from getting their message out via home videos to moving all like-minded "white Christians" to the Northwest. Michael Moore (Roger and Me), barely containing his bemusement, helps out with interviews that seem evenly divided between young people in various forms of Nazi garb and older people who look emotionally exhausted from a lifetime of suspicion and hatred. Clips from the public careers of more prominent racists such as David Duke and George Lincoln Rockwell are a part of this film, too, but what's most interesting about Blood in the Face is the way those doomstruck souls huddling in the Michigan countryside appear far more pathetic than scary. --Tom Keogh