Upcoming three-day festival at Edison Filmhub brings the race debate to the big screen

Says program organizer Ryan Keating of Movie Barf: “This is something that means a lot to me…it happens in every country I’ve lived in, including Australia where I’m from and just never seems to get any better.”

Keating wanted to contribute to the discussion and found film to be a fitting medium for doing so.

The film sees Ron Stallward (John David Washington), the first black cop on the Colorado Springs police force go undercover in the Ku Klux Klan. However, when it comes to meeting in person, Stallward sends fellow white Jewish cop Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver). The two form an unlikely dynamic duo and soon uncover the Klan’s operational plans.

Based on the novel by the real Ron Stallward, and produced by Blumhouse and Jordan Peele (Get Out), BlacKkKlansman has been called a triumph of style and storytelling and was also nominated for six Oscars, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay.

In addition, there will be debates and discussions centered on the topic, along with information on how to help and donate both locally and internationally to various movements and causes. Keating is currently in talks with other potential guest speakers.

Keating adds, “I’ll never fully understand what it’s like to go through this. But as a member of the LGBTQIA+ minority, I think we need to find injustice like this together.”