Cannes 2018: Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman gets 8-minute standing ovation
Spike Lee, an American film director-producer received a eight-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival for his film BlacKkKlansman.
The drama-crime film BlacKkKlansman recieved appreciation from the audience present at the festival. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film's rapturous response lasted for ten minutes as soon as the credits began to roll with many taking to their feet in celebration of the director.
The film is produced by Get Out's Jordan Peele, stars John David Washington, Adam Driver and Topher Grace in the lead roles. The film is set in 1970s, follows Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colo., works under cover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1979.
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Spike premiered five of his previous films at Cannes, famously lost out on winning the coveted Palme d'Or in 1989 for Do the Right Thing. It went to Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and Videotape instead.
The film is set to release on August 10, 2018 and the release will collide with one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville riots which saw one woman die after a car drove into a crowd during a clash between white nationalists and anti-fascist protestors. The film also has the real footage of the incident.
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First published: 15 May 2018, 15:19 IST