BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
11 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
The famous scene from Gone with the Wind, in which Scarlett O’Hara searches for Dr. Meade among the dead and dying in the Atlanta train yard, segues to Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard’s tirade against Black Americans.
Duration: 00:03:29
Timestamp: 00:00:42
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Kwame Ture
Brother Ture encourages his fellow Black Americans to unite and fight against racism.
Duration: 00:07:04
Timestamp: 00:15:38
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Too Late to Turn Back Now
After Patrice and her friends are harassed by Patrolman Landers, she and Ron dance at the Red Lantern.
Duration: 00:02:04
Timestamp: 00:24:13
Contributor: Allison Cooper
The Godfather of Soul
Ron teaches Flip to talk like him with the help of the lyrics from James Brown’s Black Power anthem “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”.
Duration: 00:03:44
Timestamp: 00:32:26
Contributor: Allison Cooper
They’re Taking Over
Flip, undercover as Ron, meets Walter Breachway, chapter president of the Colorado Springs KKK, as well as members Felix and Ivanhoe. The men discuss their shared hatred of Black Americans.
Duration: 00:02:43
Timestamp: 00:39:20
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Skin in the Game
Ron explains to Flip that going undercover to thwart the KKK is more than ‘just a job’.
Duration: 00:01:25
Timestamp: 00:55:38
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Butter Biscuit
Ron and David Duke share memories of Black figures in their lives.
Duration: 00:02:20
Timestamp: 01:12:58
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Black Power / White Power
As Ron witnesses Flip’s initiation into the KKK, the students of Colorado College’s Black Student Union learn about the 1916 lynching of Jesse Washington from an eyewitness.
Duration: 00:09:30
Timestamp: 01:33:10
Contributor: Allison Cooper
He Tried to Rape Me
Ron arrives at Patrice’s house to prevent Connie from delivering the bomb, but his attempts are thwarted by fellow police officers.
Duration: 00:02:56
Timestamp: 01:53:09
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Did You Ever Get His Name?
Ron reveals his true identity to David Duke.
Duration: 00:02:01
Timestamp: 02:01:57
Contributor: Allison Cooper
Closing Sequence
Ron and Patrice are lured out of Ron’s apartment to witness robed Klansman gathered around a burning cross as the film gives way to footage from the August 2017 white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Duration: 00:05:11
Timestamp: 02:03:56
Contributor: Allison Cooper