Like a 30 minute episode of The Twilight Zone hosted by Jack Webb
Red Nightmare(1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgR4apcz_Ew
B/W 1962 with Jack Kelly, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Brown, Robert Conrad and Andrew Duggan. Jerry Donovan is a small town American who takes his civil liberties for granted. One night, Jerry dreams that his community has been taken over by communists. His friends and family quickly turn against him leading to his arrest and conviction for “subversive” activities. Upon awakening, Jerry has a new appreciation for America’s freedoms and resolves to shoulder a greater portion of his civic responsibilities.
Skip ahead to 9:15 when he wakes up to the “new reality”. Children indoctrinated by the State against the parents’ values and the family unit. Churches turned into secular museums...
Well, Duke is the place that wanted to convict three of its lacrosse players for a crime that never happened, to appease the mob.
Removing a statue of Lee is a smaller example of the same kind of surrendering to a mob.
Thanks. Not an actual Twilight Zone, of course, but certainly a must see. Appreciate the posting!
I think they showed us this film in high school. Or was it grade school?
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