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In the acclaimed director’s new fact-based tale of infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan, he makes salient comparisons with life for people of color in Trump’s AmericaTwenty-nine years ago, Roger Ebert said of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing that “it comes closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time”. Now, with BlacKkKlansman, the 61-year-old film-maker again proves his work to be deserving of such a bold statement.His latest is a historic depiction of race relations yet has its gaze firmly set on present racial problems. It’s based on the real life experiences of Ron Stallworth, Colorado Springs police department’s first black police officer. Stallworth’s undercover operation, which saw him artfully infiltrate a local Ku Klux Klan chapter, earned him the unintended respect and reverence of KKK leader and grand wizard, David Duke. Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/07/blackkklansman-the-grim-topicality-of-spike-lees-70s-set-kkk-film