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Although based on a true story, the film dramatizes several events: [48] [49] The investigation occurred between 1978 and 1979, although the film is set in 1972. (David Duke did not become Grand Wizard until 1974, and Stokely Carmichael did not change his name to Kwame Ture until 1978.)
Aug 10, 2018 · While Ron Stallworth in BlacKkKlansman is pretty accurate to the real man (who Lee and Washington met before making the film), the same can't be said for Adam Driver's Flip Zimmerman. A white police officer did successfully infiltrate the KKK, but there are some key factual differences.
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Aug 9, 2018 · The movie is based on the real story of Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer and detective in Colorado Springs, Colo., who masterminded an undercover investigation into...
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Jul 31, 2020 · How the extraordinary real life of Ron Stallworth inspired the movie now on Netflix. Director Spike Lee powerfully juxtaposed his 1970s-set racial drama with real-life footage from the riots ...
While the film takes some dramatic license with Stallworth's memoir, many of the most outrageous scenes in "BlacKkKlansman" — including Stallworth's chummy phone conversations with KKK Grand Wizard David Duke — are absolutely true.
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Aug 10, 2018 · When Spike Lee first heard about Ron Stallworth—an African-American detective who infiltrated the Colorado Springs K.K.K. in the late 1970s—the filmmaker couldn’t fathom his story being true.
Sep 17, 2018 · Esquire speaks to the real Ron Stallworth, the police officer at the centre of Spike Lee's latest film BlacKkKlansman starring John David Washington, Adam Driver and Alec Baldwin.
