BlacKkKlansman Extended Interview with Ron Stallworth and John David Washington | NowThis

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Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' is about Black detective Ron Stallworth's time undercover in the KKK - here's how John David Washington brought the incredible true story to the big screen.
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Ron Stallworth successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in 1979, after becoming the first Black detective in Colorado Springs. Now this incredible true story is being told in Spike Lee’s “BlackkKlansman.”
“I don’t feel like a celebrity, I don’t feel like I was a hero, or am a hero. I don’t feel like what I did was heroic,” he stated. “I appreciate the honor - it is very appreciated. But I don’t feel that way. I had a job to do, I did my job.”
Stallworth carries his KKK membership card with him to this day. He says staying in character was the hardest part of being undercover, and he needed the help of his white partner who became “Ron Stallworth.”
He’s a true American hero, and how this piece of history sort of slipped through the cracks…” stated the film’s lead John David Washington. “I went to a historically Black college and learned a lot about my culture, I can’t believe I never heard about this.”
Stallworth believes groups like the KKK are still just as dangerous today.
“Hopefully it will end, but right now we have to endure and that’s why I say we as a community of concerned people need to be able to unite and stand up to this as opposed to sitting idly by and letting it go on beside us because we’re ashamed and afraid to talk about race,” he said. “We need to stop being afraid.”
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@pbnotj1 6 лет назад

There are not enough views for this, share it. I saw the movie, but appreciate in the interview that this real person lived and still lives his life courageously and is NOT afraid to say the truth, need more people like him.

@datgirl99 6 лет назад

This movie is amazing and I encourage everyone to go out and see it.

@pbinsb3437 5 лет назад

Isn't it absolutely ridiculous that some people believe that our epidermis makes us different.

@non-duplicate5730 5 лет назад

Amazing film. Ron seems really smart and humble. Other guy is a great actor too.

@Lilfromthebreezegaming 5 лет назад

Who knew Denzel Washington had a kid?

@JoeGalvanATX 6 лет назад

It's a great movie, piece of history, and the message is significant. Mr. Stallworth hit the nail on the head when he said we need moral leadership. I'm a mostly white male that was born around 1980 and I don't remember a president anywhere close to as lacking in social/moral leadership. The fact the GOP party has cow tailed and let itself become the Trump party should result in their extinction in US politics. If another, hopefully more fiscally, conservative party could arise that doesn't espouse and promote hate, that would be OK. This one should fade away. All peoples with a conscience need to step up and loudly say no and vote them out, now!