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What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in BlacKkKlansman
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee’s latest joint, tells the story of Ron Stallworth, the first black officer to work for the Colorado Springs Police Department, who launches a covert investigation into the Ku Klux Klan.It is an adaptation of Stallworth’s memoir, an account of the undercover operation, and an on-screen title early in the film notes that it’s “based on some fo’ real, fo’ real shit.” How closely does the movie stick to Stallworth’s real-life operation, as it’s been described in both his memoir and in the press?
We break it all down below.
Ron Stallworth (John David Washington)
In the memoir, Detective Stallworth enrolls in the police academy after high school because he sees it as a plausible segue into a career as a gym teacher.
Movie Stallworth is hard to read but seems to have more high-minded motives, worrying about whether his employment as a cop is counterproductive to the fight for black liberation. Both strugg