Thats just the way the World goes round

 As a black young woman watching this film, walking out of the theater I felt liberated. “It takes time to become free of the lies and their shaming effects on the black mind.It takes time to reject the most important lie: that black people can’t do the same things that white people do…unless a white person helps them” the epiphany that struck our protagonist and the whole audience after Kwane Ture spoke. As a person raised on Spike Lee’s work, he has never been shy on speaking about race and social issues. The aspect that makes Spike Lee’s work so amazing is that, no matter when it was made, his topics are universal and timeless. He also knows how to tackle sensitive topics in such a manner that is sophisticated and comedic. His writing flows and everything seems natural because not only is he talking about a subject, he is actually writing a story, something some filmmakers forget about. They get so caught up with the technicality and the scenes but not enough with connecting them for it to make a coherent and intriguing story.  The Blackkklansman is one of those films where you watch it and you can tell it's cinema. Like Greta Gerwig said, “it's a feeling...can’t be described.” 

    Like many fellow classmates, I enjoyed this film immensely. Bringing light to a sensitive issue is always a hard task to do. What makes this film so amazing is that while it is fun and light-hearted, the social issues Spike Lee brings up can speak upon a different generation. A generation looking for change, looking for hope, and looking for that chance for equality. Although this came in 2018, it rings true from early 70s to 2020. This fight for black people to be seen as equal has been a battle that will never officially end. Where it may say we are equal on paper, reality is a different story(de jure & de facto). Laws and webs are created to twist narratives and change stories at any given moment. And in 2020, this issue is more prevalent than ever with the death of George Floyd now becoming the face of the BlackLivesMatter Movement which originated in 2013 after the death of an unarmed teenager named Trayvon Martin. Like said, this fight is nowhere near over and with creator’s with such as Spike Lee who have a voice for the unheard and creating movies that speak to a mass audience, there is nowhere to go but up.

     As said before, watching this movie as a young black woman spoke volumes. It made me more conscious, more open, and overall being able to show my black side, a side of me that I had hidden because I was too ashamed of it growing up. I believe Spike Lee’s film always have a motivational message incorporated into them without making black families seem like caricatures resembling those on TV. He handles these topics with style and grace while also hitting you with the hard truth of THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS.