Spike Lee hopes 'BlacKkKlansman' is a wake-up call for the Trump era
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2018
4 minutes
CANNES, France - The doors of the immaculate Renault Talisman limousine are open, the beseeching fans are waiting, as are the photographers at the photo call and the journalists at the press conference, but Spike Lee is not getting out of the car. Not just yet.
A passionate and articulate talker who brings an engaging energy and an invigorating sense of humor to a conversation, the director of "BlacKkKlansman" has a point he wants to make and he's not leaving until he makes it.
Lee's film, which stars John David Washington in the based-on-fact story of a black Colorado police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan
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