BlacKkKlansman

February 24, 2019

While all the movies in the Best Picture category this year send a message, BlacKkKlansman, the Spike Lee comedy-drama, makes a statement.

The film is based on a true story and follows an African-American Colorado police officer named Ron Stallworth, played by John David Washington, who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan through phone interviews in 1978 and 1979.

As depicted in the film, since he obviously cannot meet the Klan members in person, his white fellow officer Flip Zimmerman, played by Adam Driver, goes to meetings hoping to gain more information.

Meanwhile, another assignment sends Stallworth to meetings of the Black Panthers to monitor whether the group is becoming radicalized. Though skeptical at first, he finds himself drawn to the other group members and ends up forming a romantic relationship with the leader of the Black Student Union, Patrice Dumas, played by Laura Harrier.

The constantly thrilling film reminds us that racism is very much alive and that we must denounce it. Stellar performances, a plot that puts the audience on the edge of their seat, and a timely statement might just make BlacKkKlansman the best movie of the year.

–Nicholas Fields, Torah Editor

Click here to watch the trailer on Youtube.

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