Spike Lee
John David Washington, Topher Grace, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
135 mins
2018
USA
15 - Contains racist violence and language, very strong language.
English
Digital
Part of the EIFF Youth Weekender: Black Voice On Film Season
In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department. Undaunted by institutionalised racism and sceptical colleagues, he resolves to make a name for himself - bravely setting out to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. Posing as a racist extremist, Stallworth contacts the group and soon finds himself invited into its inner circle. Together, Stallworth and white officer Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) team up to take down the Klan - whose real aim is to sanitise its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream...
All tickets cost £2. This screening includes BSL-interpreted introduction from our Young Programmers.
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