BLACKKKLANSMAN (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

John David Washington (Love Beats Rhymes), Adam Driver (Paterson), Laura Harrier (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Topher Grace (In Good Company), Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton), Jasper Pääkkönen (The Kiss of Evil), Paul Walter Hauser (I, Tonya), Ryan Eggold (Trophy Kids), Ashlie Atkinson (Margot at the Wedding), Robert John Burke (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Alec Baldwin (The Cooler), Harry Belafonte (Bobby), Craig muMs Grant (Good Time), Damaris Lewis (Limitless), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (Pete’s Dragon), Fred Weller (Stonewall), Nicholas Turturro (Zookeeper), Michael Buscemi (The Hidden), Ken Garito (Crash)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing), director, writer, producer; Charlie Wachtel (film debut), David Rabinowitz (film debut) and Kevin Willmott (Chi-Raq), writers; Jason Blum (Whiplash), Raymond Mansfield (In The Blood), Sean McKittrick (Donnie Darko), Jordan Peele (Get Out) and Shaun Redick (Dog Eat Dog), producers; Terence Blanchard (25th Hour), composer; Chayse Irvin (Blacktino), cinematographer; Barry Alexander Brown (Inside Man), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth (Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself amongst his dominantly-white colleagues, he plans to expose the Ku Klux Klan by posing as a racist extremist over the phone, and setting fellow cop Flip Zimmerman (Driver) to pose as him in person. They soon discover a nefarious plot within the hate group, and together they must try and stop things from becoming too crazy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Spike Lee is back with his most relevant – and angriest – film in years, about a real-life tale of infiltration within one of the most racist groups in America.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH AUGUST 2018

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