BlacKkKlansman (2018)

***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 the 1970s in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the plot follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose the local Ku Klux Klan chapter.

The film was produced by Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Shaun Redick, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, and Jordan Peele. QC Entertainment purchased the film rights to the book in 2015. Lee signed on as director in September 2017. Much of the cast joined the following month, and filming began in New York State.

## Shooting

* Filming began in October 2017. Ossining, New York, was one location used in October. Filming locations also included the Rockland County hamlet of Garnerville, New York, where exterior shots of one of the Colorado Springs police stations were filmed.

## Cast

* Alec Baldwin - Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard
* John David Washington - Detective Ron Stallworth
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. - Mr. Turrentine
* Robert John Burke - Chief Bridges
* Brian Tarantina - Officer Clay Mulaney
* Arthur J. Nascarella - Officer Wheaton (as Arthur Nascarella)
* Ken Garito - Sergeant Trapp
* Frederick Weller - Master Patrolman Andy Landers
* Adam Driver - Detective Philip "Flip" Zimmerman
* Michael Buscemi - Jimmy Creek (as Michael Joseph Buscemi)
* Laura Harrier - Patrice Dumas
* Damaris Lewis - Odetta
* Ato Blankson-Wood - Hakeem
* Corey Hawkins - Kwame Ture
* Dared Wright - Officer Cincer
* Faron Salisbury - Officer Sharpe
* Ryan Eggold - Walter Breachway
* Jasper Pääkkönen - Felix Kendrickson
* Paul Walter Hauser - Ivanhoe
* Ashlie Atkinson - Connie Kendrickson
* Topher Grace - David Duke
* Victor Colicchio - Steve
* Paul Diomede - Jerry
* Elise Hudson - Librarian
* Danny Hoch - Agent Y
* Nicholas Turturro - Walker
* Ryan Preimesberger - Jesse Nayyar
* Harry Belafonte - Jerome Turner
* Gina Belafonte - Gina B.
* Ernest Rayford - Josh the Waiter
* James Campbell - Waiter
* Jared Johnston - CSPD Officer Brickhouse
* Michael J. Burg - CSPD Officer Myers
* Jeremy J. Nelson - Records Room Officer
* Nichelle Bolden - Student Activist

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Ciarah Amaani - Protester (uncredited)
* Bob Angelini - Klansman (uncredited)
* Gary Ayash - 1960's Bar Patron (uncredited)
* Daniel Alain Birch - KKK member (uncredited)
* Damien Bosco - CSPD Officer (uncredited)
* Kacie Calhoun - Inductee Wife (uncredited)
* Janelle Clayton - Black Student Union Member (uncredited)
* Curt Clendenin - Klansman (uncredited)
* Gshared Dixon - College Student (uncredited)
* Craig muMs Grant - Jabbo (uncredited)
* Tessa John-Connor - Student (uncredited)
* Jarrod LaBine - Klansman (uncredited)
* Leer Leary - Detective (uncredited)
* Timal McKen - Black Panther (uncredited)
* La Aaron Mealy - Pedestrian (uncredited)
* John Mitchell - Klansman (uncredited)
* Leslie C. Nemet - Chef (uncredited)
* Mark Perrone - CIA Officer (uncredited)
* Tom Stratford - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
* McManus Woodend - Chef (uncredited)
* Tejon Wright - College Student (uncredited)

### Archival footage

* Elaine Chao
* David Duke
* Steven Mnuchin
* Donald Trump