The Cynical Historian

BlacKKKlansman | Based on a True Story (2019x10)

Air date: Mar 15, 2019

I was excited to watch this movie. To prepare for it, I listened to an audiobook of the thing it was based on. That was a memoire, and the person reading the book for the audiobook was the actual author. He even has some jabs and asides that I’m pretty sure weren’t in the actual book. And that whole thing made it seem like this was going to be a rather funny heist film, but it is oddly inaccurate. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime: A Memoir (Macmillan Audio, 2018), audiobook, narrated by Ron Stallworth. “How The Real-Life Detective From 'BlacKkKlansman' Infiltrated The KKK,” Business Insider, YouTube: https://youtu.be/jWd3PXaR3GY. http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/blackkklansman/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/aug/30/fact-checking-spike-lees-blackkklansman/ https://www.thewrap.com/blackkklansman-fact-check-how-close-is-spike-lees-film-to-the-incredible-true-story/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical crime film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Lee, based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace. Set in 1970s Colorado Springs, the plot follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate an