From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It's the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award (R) winning Get Out.
23 November 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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September 05, 2018
An incisive critique that demonstrates Lee's ability to relate events from more than forty years ago, with America's current social state. [Full review in Spanish]August 13, 2018
For all its revelations of racist rot at the core of American society, Lee also offers a clear, specific, and wondrous, if wary, view of change that's possible because, at one time and to some extent, it actually happened.August 13, 2018
Lee would contend, I guess, that the sober approach will no longer suffice-that the age we inhabit is too drunk on its own craziness. He has a point.August 28, 2018
A kitchen sink and kaleidoscopic study of cultural and institutional racism in America.August 13, 2018
An entertaining jaunt through the '70s, with some dutiful grappling over the enduring question of race in America thrown in...September 01, 2018
Lee's extraordinary film doubles as a visceral entertainment and an urgent reminder of a past we haven't been able to shake.August 31, 2018
It's just about perfect in balance of tone, and it's easily Spike Lee's best film in years.September 03, 2018
Washington's portrayal of Ron Stallworth is humorous and understated, but powerful.September 04, 2018
Spike Lee is a political activist and 'jive artist' of note so you would not be surprised that Blackkklansman is not just strong cinema but strong on propaganda, too.August 14, 2018
Stallworth recognizes that "white voice" is a seductive fiction, like many of the customs of association cherished within the K.K.K.August 10, 2018
A masterful tension of "I'm going to make you laugh, and I'm also going to make you feel really weird and uneasy".