Critically acclaimed, grand-jury prize winner at Sundance Festival in January 2001,
then appeared on Showtime pay-cable in March 2002, before finally being released theatrically in NYC, May 2002.

Inspired by the story of Dan Burros, an American Jew, who joined (and left) the American Nazi Party, and then joined the United Klans of America (KKK).
Burros killed himself when a journalist revealed his heritage in The New York Times.

The article that broke the real-life story on which this movie was based was titled "State Klan Leader Hides Secret of Jewish Origin."
It was written by (John) McCandlish Phillips and published on the front page of the New York Times on October 31, 1965.
Jewish Klansman Daniel Burros threatened to kill Phillips for reporting his story, but instead,
Burros committed suicide on the same day that the article was published, while Phillips died on April 9, 2013, at the age of 85.

Due to the film's low budget, the crew could not afford permits and many scenes had to be shot quickly.