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From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee<\/a> comes the incredible true story of an American hero. <\/p>

It’s the early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington<\/a>) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival is greeted with skepticism and open hostility by the department’s rank and file. Undaunted, Stallworth resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his community. He bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. <\/p>

Posing as a racist extremist, Stallworth contacts the group and soon finds himself invited into its inner circle. He even cultivates a relationship with the Klan’s Grand Wizard, David Duke (Topher Grace<\/a>), who praises Ron’s commitment to the advancement of White America. With the undercover investigation growing ever more complex, Stallworth’s colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver<\/a>), poses as Ron in face-to-face meetings with members of hate group, gaining insider’s knowledge of a deadly plot. Together, Stallworth and Zimmerman team up to take down the organization whose real aim is to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. <\/p>

Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award® winning Get Out<\/em><\/a>, BlacKkKlansman <\/em>offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970s America that is just as bracingly relevant in today’s tumultuous world.<\/p>","in_theaters":"

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Golden Tomato Awards – Best Reviewed Drama 2018<\/p>","short_desc":"","description":"","is_featured":0,"is_trailer":0,"external_url":"","columns":3,"max_width":1194,"thumb":"_tmp\/1548273271_focus-features_blackkklansman_spike-lee_john-david-washington_adam-driver_golden-tomato-1194x1194.jpg","related_items":[{"id":"spike-lee","url":"\/bio\/spike-lee","content_type":"bio","title":"

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John David Washington first appeared in Malcolm X as a six-year-old boy saying “I am Malcolm X.” Fifteen years later, Washington would appear as Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee’s latest film BlacKkKlansman. I caught up with the actor to talk about working with the legendary director and the confidence Lee helped him craft as an actor.<\/p>\r\n

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John David Washington <\/strong>plays the lead role of Dennis in director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Monsters and Men <\/em>alongside up-and-comers Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Chante Adams. The script was selected and developed as part of the 2017 Sundance Directors Lab. He also stars in the Anthony Mandler-helmed Monster<\/em>, alongside Jeffrey Wright, ASAP Rocky, and Jennifer Hudson. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Washington can also be seen in Fox Searchlight’s Old Man and the Gun<\/em>, directed by David Lowery playing opposite Casey Affleck, Elisabeth Moss, and Robert Redford. He got his big screen debut in Lionsgate’s Coco<\/em>, directed by RZA, opposite Common and Jill Scott. <\/p>","description":"

Prior to acting, Washington spent six years playing professional football before turning his attention to the screen. Shortly after, he booked his first-ever audition to play Ricky Jerret in the HBO series “Ballers” with Dwayne Johnson. His performance as Ricky has generated rave reviews with the show going into its fourth season in 2018. <\/p>","is_featured":0,"is_trailer":0,"external_url":"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0913475\/","columns":3,"max_width":1830,"thumb":"_tmp\/1528151062_focus-features_blackkklansman_bio_john-david-washington-1194x796.jpg","related_items":[{"id":"spike-lee","url":"\/bio\/spike-lee","content_type":"bio","title":"

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Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman<\/p>","short_desc":"

Adam Driver <\/strong>was most recently seen starring in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi <\/em>and Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky<\/em>, alongside Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. Driver is currently shooting Noah Baumbach’s next feature opposite Scarlett Johansson.<\/p>","description":"

Driver won the Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor for Hungry Hearts<\/em>, which premiered at the 2014 Venice International Film Festival. Other recent credits include Martin Scorsese’s Silence<\/em>, Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson<\/em>, Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special<\/em>, and J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em>. His other film credits include While We’re Young<\/em>, This Is Where I Leave You<\/em>, Tracks<\/em>, Inside Llewyn Davis<\/em>, Lincoln<\/em>, Frances Ha<\/em>, and J. Edgar<\/em>. Driver also starred on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Girls.” His performance in “Girls” garnered him three Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. <\/p>\r\n

In 2019, he will be seen in the first Broadway revival of “Burn This,” directed by Michael Mayer. His other Broadway credits include “Man and Boy” (dir. Maria Aitken), opposite Frank Langella, as well as “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” (dir. Doug Hughes) opposite Cherry Jones. Off-Broadway, he starred in John Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger” (dir. Sam Gold), which earned him the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor. Prior to that, he took the stage as Louis Ironson in The Signature’s revival of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” (dir. Michael Greif). <\/p>\r\n

Driver is a Juilliard graduate and is a former Marine who was with 1\/1 Weapons Company at Camp Pendleton, CA.<\/p>","is_featured":0,"is_trailer":0,"external_url":"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3485845\/","columns":2,"max_width":1194,"thumb":"_tmp\/1532639463_focus-features_blackkklansman_bio_adam-driver-796x531.jpg","related_items":[{"id":"unit_topher-grace_meet","url":"\/image\/unit_topher-grace_meet","content_type":"image","title":"

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Laura Harrier as Patrice Dumas<\/p>","short_desc":"

Laura Harrier is a native of Chicago who began her career at 17 as an international fashion model where she traveled the world and graced the pages of Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, and others. Upon moving to New York to study acting at William Esper Studios, she soon landed principal roles in the AMC pilot “Galyntine” and the HBO pilot “Codes of Conduct” directed by Steve McQueen. She made her screen debut in Richard LaGravenese’s The Last Five Years <\/em>and last year she starred as Liz Allan opposite Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>. Currently, Harrier can be seen as the face of Louis Vuitton in their latest campaign and also has joined the Bulgari family as one of the Brand’s Ambassadors for the second consecutive year. <\/p>","description":"","is_featured":0,"is_trailer":0,"external_url":"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000490\/","columns":2,"max_width":1592,"thumb":"_tmp\/1528230424_focus-features_blackkklansman_bio_laura-harrier-796x531.jpg","related_items":[{"id":"flip-zimmerman","url":"\/bio\/flip-zimmerman","content_type":"bio","title":"

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Topher Grace as David Duke<\/p>","short_desc":"

Topher Grace first caught the attention of audiences as one of the stars of the iconic television series, “That ‘70s Show,” before going on to make his mark on the big screen in numerous films. Prior to Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman<\/em>, <\/em><\/strong>Grace shot the feature Under the Silver Lake<\/em>, opposite Andrew Garfield. The film is a noir crime thriller set against the backdrop of L.A.’s Silver Lake neighborhood. Both films will have their world premiere in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. <\/p>","description":"

He is currently in production on the Fox 2000 feature film Breakthrough<\/em>, based on Joyce Smith’s book about her 14-year-old son who fell through a frozen lake one winter and was proclaimed lifeless. Grace plays the small town’s hip new pastor who helps the mother through this horrific time, galvanizing the town.<\/p>\r\n

Grace was recently seen in the David Michôd Netflix black comedy War Machine<\/em>, opposite Brad Pitt. Based on Michael Hastings’ book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan<\/em>, the film follows a four-star U.S. military general charged with commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan who is taken down by his own hubris and a journalist’s no-holds-barred exposé. Prior, Grace starred in the Sony Pictures Classics drama Truth<\/em>, opposite Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Dennis Quaid, and Elisabeth Moss. The film tells the true story of a group of journalists—with Grace portraying researcher Mike Smith—who uncover a conspiracy that would bring down President George W. Bush’s presidency. <\/p>\r\n

Grace recently made the move behind the camera and completed production as producer and star of the romantic musical comedy, Opening Night<\/em>, directed by Isaac Rentz. The film features Anne Heche and Taye Diggs and follows a failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager who must save opening night by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew. <\/p>\r\n

On the big screen, Grace won the National Board of Review award for Breakthrough Performance by an Actor<\/em>, as well as a New York Film Critics award, for his roles in In Good Company <\/em>and P.S. <\/em>in 2004. As a member of the ensemble cast in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic<\/em>, he also won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2001. Additional film credits include Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar<\/em>; Gary Marshall’s ensemble Valentine’s Day<\/em>, opposite Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Foxx and others; Sam Raimi’s Spiderman 3<\/em>; Robert Luketic’s Win a Date with Tad Hamilton<\/em>; Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa Smile<\/em>, opposite Julia Roberts; and Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven <\/em>and Ocean’s Twelve<\/em>, among many other memorable roles including, most recently, American Ultra, <\/em>opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. <\/p>\r\n

On the small screen, along with “That ’70s Show,” his credits include Curtis Hanson’s Golden Globe winning TV film, “Too Big to Fail,” for HBO. He also appeared in “The Beauty Inside,” a 2012 social film developed by Intel and Toshiba. Directed by Drake Doremus and co-starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the film is broken up into six episodes interspersed with interactive storytelling that all takes place on the main character’s Facebook timeline. Grace won a Daytime Emmy in the category of Outstanding New Approaches—Original Daytime Program or Series. <\/em><\/p>\r\n

In 2014, Grace made his Off-Broadway debut in Paul Weitz’ acclaimed “Lonely, I’m Not,” opposite Olivia Thirlby, for Second Stage. <\/p>\r\n

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