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Aug 10, 2018 · Zimmerman is the “face” of Ron Stallworth, and the real Stallworth is the suspicious Black man following him around in the shadows taking surveillance pictures. Just for fun, Zimmerman learns how to mimic Stallworth’s “White voice” by reciting lyrics by America’s true poet of Soul, James Brown. With this undercover case ...
BlackkKlansman (2018): SPOILERS AHEAD: This is Spike Lee’s best film since Inside Man and a powerfully intense rebuke of this country’s continuing racism. I cannot recommend this movie highly enough, particularly for this month when we celebrate Black History Month. I have greatly admired Spike Lee’s work ever since I first saw Do the ...
May 14, 2018 · Presented as a kind of real-life Shaft, Ron Stallworth serves as a role model for audiences starved for black heroes on-screen: an activist who infiltrated not just the Klan but also the corrupt ...
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By many measures, the film represents a return to form for Lee. While 2015’s indictment of Chicago gun violence Chi-raqwas brilliant in concept, stylish, and bursting with exuberant justice, it was uneven in terms of execution. By contrast, BlacKkKlansmanis laser-focused, with not a second of screen time wasted as it depicts white supremacy in Amer...
True to form, Spike Lee isn’t going to give us a neat solution to the white supremacy problem, but he does show us an important front on which the battle must be fought: film. More than any of his previous films, BlacKkKlansmanis a movie about movies – it demonstrates the power of film to form our society’s conscience and ideals with regards to rac...
BlacKkKlansman works on every level – it tells a wildly entertaining story while addressing a pressing social issue with intelligence and moral heft. The evil of white supremacy is depicted in sharp relief, with a strong indictment of how its influence is poisoning America in this very moment. In the process, the film retains a sense of humor and j...
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May 14, 2018 · May 14, 2018 5:53pm. An incredible true-life story told in a boisterously exaggerated way, BlacKkKlansman is certainly Spike Lee ’s most flat-out entertaining film in quite a long time, as well ...
Aug 17, 2018 · Spike Lee clearly has the role of history on his mind in BlacKkKlansman, his most potent and provocative work in years.Of course that past includes the true (if embellished for the film) story of ...
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BlacKkKlansman review: “Spike Lee struts his film-making stuff with ambition and gusto”. As playful as it is provocative, Lee’s latest reveals the unbelievable true story behind a black cop ...
