BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American crime movie directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Lee.

BlacKkKlansman
Directed by	Spike Lee
Produced by	Jason Blum Spike Lee Raymond Mansfield Sean McKittrick Jordan Peele Shaun Redick
Written by	Charlie Wachtel David Rabinowitz Kevin Willmott Spike Lee
Based on	Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
Starring	John David Washington Adam Driver Laura Harrier Topher Grace
Music by	Terence Blanchard
Cinematography	Chayse Irvin
Edited by	Barry Alexander Brown
Production company	Blumhouse Productions Monkeypaw Productions QC Entertainment 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Legendary Entertainment Perfect World Pictures
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date	May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) (Cannes) August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) (United States)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$93.4 million

The movie is based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The movie stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace.

BlacKkKlansman premiered on May 14, 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. It was theatrically released in the United States on August 10, 2018, a day before the first anniversary of the Unite the Right rally.

BlacKkKlansman Media

• Scenes from The Birth of a Nation (1915) are used in the film

• Footage from the Charlottesville car attack was used in the film's ending sequence

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  Lee and the cast at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

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  Stallworth at a book signing in February 2019