'BlacKkKlansman' holds a mirror to America's deepest problem. Will we look?
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Aug 09, 2018
3 minutes
The credits were rolling, Spike Lee's latest offering to cinema, the Cannes Film Festival sensation "BlacKkKlansman," was concluding in a Midwestern premiere.
A man seated next to him leaned over to Lee's co-writer Kevin Willmott with a confession, followed by a denial.
"I voted for Donald Trump," he said.
There was a pause, as others within earshot at the small private screening waited to hear what the man might say next.
"I'm not like that," he began to insist.
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