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At theGrio, Spike Lee blasted Trump for not condemning the Klan and Alt-Right:
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman was well received at the Cannes Film Festival, and the prolific director did not hold back giving his take on how President Donald Trump has contributed to a hateful, divisive culture.
In the movie, about a black man (John David Washington) who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, Lee inserted a moving documentary montage at the end of the film about the conflict in Charlottesville, reports Vulture. The movie included a powerful ending messaging about Heather Heyer, the young woman [who] was killed when a white nationalist ran her over with a car during the protests.
“It’s an ugly, ugly, ugly blemish on the United States of America,” Lee said at the press conference for the film.
The story contains a link to a YouTube video of Spike Lee's comments at Cannes, as well as a transcript of that video.
[Note: Emphasis was in the source. -Ed]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Friday May 18 2018, @02:30PM (1 child)
Washed up agitprop film maker who had 15 minutes of fame a couple decades ago. Was kinda normie-edgy in the late 80s.
Next up, my plumber waxes eloquent on neurosurgery. Or would you rather hear my pediatrician's hot take on cubist art? News you can use, like my car mechanic's opinion of Vivaldi?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:04PM
And then. Trump on diplomacy and trade relations, and grabbing women by the scumbag lawyer.