TheUM is committed to fighting racism and anti-Semitism.
“BlacKkKlansman: I Went Undercover in the Ku Klux Klan”

Directed by Spike Lee, runtime 2 hours 15 minutes.
In the original language with subtitles

This film is being shown as part of National Education and Action Week Against Racism and Anti-Semitism.

For its^6th edition, the University of Montpellier is actively participating in National Education and Action Week Against Racism and Anti-Semitism, which is taking place throughout France from March 20 to 26, 2023. This participation is part of theUM ’s commitment to combating all forms of discrimination and promoting the values upon which the Republic is founded: liberty, equality, and fraternity.

Spike Lee's film "BlacKkKlansman," through comedy and satire, is an extremely effective indictment of racism.

Synopsis:

In the early 1970s, at the height of the civil rights movement, several race riots broke out in major U.S. cities. Ron Stallworth became the first African American officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival was met with skepticism—even outright hostility—from the lower-ranking officers at the precinct. Summoning all his courage, Stallworth sets out to change the status quo and, perhaps, make his mark on history. He then sets himself a most perilous mission: to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan to expose its abuses.