abstract:The Black KlansmanThe Black Klansman on IMDB is a feature film of the blaxploitation genre originally released in 1966 under the name I Crossed the Color Line.The Black Klansman on TCM Set during the struggle for civil rights, the film tells the story of an African-American man, played by Richard Gilden, who disguises himself as a white man to join the Ku Klux Klan to seek revenge on Klan members who killed his daughter.