Why to Watch - Blackkklansman

Denzel Washington has a son, and this dude is an absolute stud. Spike Lee masterfully mocks white supremacists and this movie has a little bit of everything you’re looking for: laughs, suspense, and righteous action.

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BlacKkKlansman Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 135min | August 10, 2018 (United States) 7.5
Director: Spike LeeWriter: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin WillmottStars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura HarrierSummary: In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth is hired as the first black officer in the Colorado Springs, Colorado police department. Stallworth is initially assigned to work in the records room, where he faces racial slurs from his coworkers. Stallworth requests a transfer to go undercover, and is assigned to infiltrate a local rally at which national civil rights leader Kwame Ture (birth name Stokely Carmichael) is to give a speech. At the rally, Stallworth meets Patrice Dumas, the president of the black student union at Colorado College. While taking Ture to his hotel, Patrice is stopped by patrolman Andy Landers, a corrupt, racist officer in Stallworth's precinct, who threatens Ture and sexually assaults Patrice..

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