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- Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
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BlacKkKlansman. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
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- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Spike Lee
- 2018-08-10
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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 · 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.
BlacKkKlansman tells the story of Ron Stallworth ( John David Washington ), a Black police officer who tricks the local division of the Ku Klux Klan, and Grand Wizard David Duke, into believing he is a white man, and with the help of his coworker Flip Zimmerman ( Adam Driver) infiltrates and exposes the local chapter of the KKK.
Jul 11, 2018 · No. In the BlacKkKlansman movie, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) develops a relationship with an activist college student named Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier). Director Spike Lee has said that Patrice is fictional and was inspired by the women of the Black Power Movement.
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...
Oct 21, 2023 · BlacKkKlansman may seem unbelievable, but it's actually based on the true story of Ron Stallworth, a Black police officer who infiltrated the KKK.
