Spike Lee’s BlackKklansman werd in Cannes getrakteerd op een staande ovatie van tien minuten. De filmpers was laaiend enthousiast en noemde Lee’s film zijn beste in jaren. Bovendien zou het deels waargebeurde verhaal van een zwarte politieagent die undercover gaat bij de Ku Klux Klan brandend actueel zijn.

Hoofdrolspeler John David Washington wordt bijgestaan door Adam Driver in de rol van zijn partner, die als het gezicht van de operatie de ontmoetingen van de racistische organisatie bijwoont. Bekijk hieronder de eerste trailer en reacties van de pers:

Hot damn, #BlacKkKlansman is electric. It’s simultaneously Spike Lee’s most entertaining film since INSIDE MAN and a savvy indictment of Trump-era bigotry right down to the chilling real-life climax. #cannes18

— erickohn (@erickohn) May 14, 2018

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is an undercover cop drama of the 70s race war that lights up like a pinball machine, pinging and flashing with N-bombs, blaxploitation tropes and unsubtle Trump premonitions. Review later #Cannes2018 #Cannes71 #Cannes

— Peter Bradshaw (@PeterBradshaw1) May 14, 2018

#BlacKkKlansman : @SpikeLee ‘s brilliant expose of racism in the United States of America nails the burning cross – the film has shaken @Festival_Cannes from its slumber pic.twitter.com/86C0bHL2IU

— Baz Bamigboye @Deadline (@BazBam) May 14, 2018

BLACKkKLANSMAN: righteous agitprop that’ll crack you up when it isn’t making you heated with rage. Spike re-re-reaffirms his crucial place in the American cinema. Modern history, written with lightning.

— Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) May 14, 2018

#Blackkklansman is the Spike Lee movie we’ve been waiting for.

— Rebecca Keegan (@ThatRebecca) May 14, 2018

BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee’s best film in quite awhile even if it doesn’t always gel together. Powerful look at how little America has changed since early 70’s in race relations contrasting to today.

Also quite funny at times. #cannes2018

— Gregory Ellwood – The Playlist 🎬 (@TheGregoryE) May 14, 2018

Ovation, thunderous applause, tears and resolve. Spike changes the world. #loveoverhate #cannes18 #BlacKkKlansman

— Alex (@LoveTheMost) May 14, 2018

Spike Lee’s #BlacKkKlansman is an utterly incendiary piece of Americana and the director’s best in over a decade. It’s vital and volatile and at times absolutely hilarious. #Cannes2018

— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) May 14, 2018

#Blackkklansman is Spike Lee’s best movie in years.

— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018

It doesn’t get more political than that. #BlacKkKlansman draws a straight though line from the rebirth of the KKK to Trump & Charlottesville #Cannes2018

— Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) May 14, 2018

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Through a period lens, Spike Lee’s BLACKKKLANSMAN is a funny, furious portrait of Trump’s America: a hysterical joke until it’s as serious as a heart attack. Spike to the max, at his best.

— Jake Coyle (@jakecoyleAP) May 14, 2018

Bron: IndieWire