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BLACKKKLANSMAN
Ped Mall -Scene 1
Sunday, Aug 19, 2018 1:30 PM
From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of Ron Stallworth, the African-American detective who bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.
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General Admission Adult Matinee - $9.29
General Admission Seniors (60+) - $8.85
General Admission UI Student (with valid ID) - $8.41
General Admission Children (12 and younger) - $8.85

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Special encore presentation with Ron Stallworth in person introduction!
Doors open at 9PM, introduction and film scheduled to begin at 10PM. We encourage you to arrive early - Ron Stallworth will introduce the film after his talk and book signing at the Englert Theatre. Presented in partership with the University Lecture Committee. Click for more information.

"A story nearly too strange to be believed, which is precisely what makes it so compelling." - Peter Debruge, Variety

"Spike Lee's most flat-out entertaining film in quite a long time." - Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

"Stylish, hilarious, and utterly uncompromising." - Emily Yoshida, Vulture

From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American Hero.

It's the early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) 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.

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), 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), poses as Ron in face-to-face meetings with members of the 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.

Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award winning Get Out, Blackkklansman offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970s American that is just as bracingly relevant in today's tumultuous world.



Series Info
Series:Special Event
Film Info
Rating:R
Runtime:128 minutes
Director:Spike Lee
Year Released:2018
Production Country:USA