BlacKkKlansman | Harry Belafonte Explains "The Birth of a Nation"
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2021
- Harry Belafonte explains what the film "The Birth of a Nation" meant in the United States.
From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a difference, he bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. He recruits a seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation. Together, they team up to take down the extremist organization aiming to garner mainstream appeal. Produced by the team behind the Academy Award®-winning Get Out, BlacKkKlansman offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970s America that is just as relevant in today's tumultuous world.
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I believe this was the last real acting he had done. It did his historic and beautiful career justice. Rip King
He was in the 3rd to last episode of Atlanta; I’d believe that was his final on screen appearance. Truly a gift to see him continue to appear in thing’s celebrating black culture
@@-Unidentified_Comment- Are you sure he was in Atlanta? The Goofy Episode? I can’t find anything about it online
@@dirigibility I can assure you. It was truly a shock when I viewed it. He was in a grey track suit if that helps at all; I can only suggest watching the episode after that
Black ⚫️ power
RIP Harry Belafonte (March 1, 1927 - April 25, 2023), aged 96
You will be remembered as a legend.
May his memory never die, and his name never be forgotten.
I will always love how he played Preacher, the loveable, smooth-talking con artist who was able to stand toe-to-toe with Sidney Poitier's Buck, the no-nonsense, honest wagon master. Those two legends did a great job in that little-known classic that is one of the best Westerns ever made.
Holy shit I had no idea that was Harry?! Homie was out here preaching justice and coconut water!
The last legend from a bygone era
No question about it, to me this is a colossal blockbuster film. Belafonte's performance is Supreme.
The polarity in the scene is insane.
Yeah, birth of a nation was good. 👨🏻🦳 🥃
Excellent performance by Belafonte here. Scarily, the story told by his character was based on a real event. The events described really happened but the man who was lynched did not die immediately.
First thing that came to my mind when learning about the dead of Harry Bellafonte was his music. Then I remenbered the thrills I had seeing this particular scene.
Those words, even if written for a fiction, should never be forgotten.
yeahhh not so fun fact. It actually happened...
@@daanzwarthoed4897 I never said it s a fun fact. However I'm sure that the caracter played by Mr Bellafonte is 100% fictional.
But fictional or not, the words he uses are strong and true. Such things sadly happened in the past and could happen again without the will of every human being to stand against.
Peoples and politics with such rotten minds are gaining power in my country (France) as in many others and it makes me mad to see that even some good people agree.
Activists like Harry Bellafonte have fought a whole lifetime and I sincerly hope it was not in vain.
@@Chris-js6gk Oh, the way you phrased it, it sounds like you were saying the killing of that boy was ficitional....
@@daanzwarthoed4897 Yep I get it. Never easy on the net to realy understand what a stranger realy says.
And remember I'm french. We're not realy famous for foreign langages skills 😅😅😅
“Written for a fiction”
…well that’s some willfull ignorance if ever I saw it
that moment you realize Harry Belafonte was actually apart of the civil rights movement and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
You’re correct
When I first saw this film at the theater with my girlfriend, I thought that this was the BEST film that Spike ever did. Rest in Heaven, Harry Belafonte. You will NEVER be forgotten.
the kkk may have used christs name but they where no Christians.
Jews during Jesus time were racists to Samaritans. Mostly misogynists. Gives a new meaning to his talk to a Samaritan Woman.
They were Christians
“Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven."
Topher Grace really nails that "banality of evil".
What an incredible final acting job by Harry Belafonte. I especially love the shot at 3:53, making it look as if he's breaking the 4th wall
I hope you know the story Belafonte shared of the lynching of Jessie was true and probably left out more gruelsome details.
You’re absolutely right, Queen ! 💯💯💯 I personally knew about it before I saw the film and I was quite surprised Spike Lee decided to reference it and to have Harry Belafonte tell it as a fictional character but it makes sense given that his lynching happened the year after Birth of a Nation was released
Yeah the lynching of Jesse Washington was horrible. The only redeemable quality about it was that it was so publicly condemned that other states started taking more action against lynching.
This was gooooooooood, John D. Washington was amazing and like Spike Lee said about Adam, Driver is a beast with his acting. .
And to think that when the 2016 'Birth of A Nation' movie came out some people were saying that it would 'divide the races' and 'spread hate'. Asked as many as I could if they'd heard of the original 'Birth of a Nation' movie the movie that caused KK membership to sky rocket.
RIP Harry Belafonte, words fail me to express the sadness I feel. Legend, Icon, unforgettable
Fun fact: He was in Beetlejuice, he was the singing voice of the character Delia in the world famous dinner table scene.
The way this is directed is so well done, they cut the scene of them being ´baptized´ with Belafonte´s character describing what happened to the guy to make it hit harder
Read the book, then found out about this incredible movie. RIP, Harry Belafonte.
The actual full quote from Woodrow Wilson was “It's like writing history with lightning. My only regret is that it is all so terribly true.” without that second sentence it alters the context greatly.
We don't know for sure if Wilson really even said such a thing, though. It's true that Wilson attended a screening of the film, it's true that Wilson had some infuriating racist views and it's true that Griffith promoted this alleged quote in future prints of the film. However: "How Wilson reacted is a matter of dispute. Twenty-two years later, a magazine writer alleged that he said about the film, 'It is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.' It is extremely doubtful that Wilson uttered those words." -from "Woodrow Wilson: A Biography" by John Milton Cooper Jr.
Interesting if true, but Woodrow Wilson was still a racist sack of shit.
The 2nd sentence is the indictment of white supremacists every & the government entities(including Wilson himself)that empower them rather than punish them as the terrorists they are and have always been.
@@adamzanzie Damn bro thank you; read the book so I didn’t have to!!
RIP Harry Belafonte :( you’ll be missed a ton 😔❤️
I know he's supposed to be David Duke, but with that hairstyle he straight up looks like Foreman. Does not help he also went to "Africa" during the last scene. 😂
*season
RIP to a great Activist Harry Belafonte
These Klansmen hiding behind God.
A theater full of Karens: one of my worst nightmares. Watch this with Mrs America and compare
Yeah. White people are so loud when watching movies
Harry Belafonte made really good music in the 1950s and 60s
Some how some way I didn't realize this was Harry Belafonte when I first watched this movie
Rest in peace comrade. Did so much for the oppressed people of the world. The fight continues
This entire scene is what you should immediately show someone when they ask you "why can't we have white power if black power is okay."
The idea of black power was born from perseverance, white power was born from superiority. They are not the same.
But that’s not what they mean when they say white power. It’s okay to be proud to be who you are. Also Africans are responsible as well for slavery let’s not beat around here
Search up "what are we doing to white people" and you might just change your mind on that. It doesn't matter what something starts out as if it turns into another hate movement. Shouting power to any singular people is a real slippery slope and not once in all of human history has it ended well. Be proud all you want but be careful you don't become what you hated.
@@gamevidz8763 So if it's okay to be proud of who you are, is it okay to be proud of being gay?
@@gamevidz8763 The whole 'Africans are responsible for slavery' argument ignores a lot of historical context as well. Yes, African tribal chiefs and warlords enslaved their own people especially during the 17-19th centuries. But that was standard practice for many civilisations across the world and had been since ancient Mesopotamia. The Africans did not enslave their own people on any racial or ethnic grounds, they did so because they were people that could be used as free labour. The ideology of the white coloniser justified slavery because their doctrine meant black folk were not even viewed as human, rather, as cattle or livestock. Therefore, their reprehensible living conditions were totally justified in their eyes.
@@randominternetguy8735 yea of course. There’s no problem, I have nothing against it. If what you stand for is good be proud of it.
The KKK is and was truly despicable. Thank you Harry for this bit of history. Not sure why I didn't see it in the Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro.
I too mourn the loss of Mr. B. He was a friend of the family.
RIP Harry Belafonte
I love that Spike Lee order everyone on the set to were suit and tide because they we’re going to film Harry Belafonte. That’s respect well deserve. Saludos desde Venezuela
Anyone else catch that Lucy Friar sounds like Lucifer
Plus a Friar works for a church
It ain't that deep, that was her real name because it was a real event.
@@austinhuber3131makes you think how Involved the devil is in daily doings
@@da420wizard6 lol fair enough
Spike Lee obviously watched 13th before writing Belafonte's lines
The 3 k leader looks and sounds like chump from spider man 3
I love this film.
How THIS lost to Green Book at the Oscars I don't understand!
Yes you do lol
that's easy. the academy awards are racist.
A A"WESOME
R.I.P Harry Belefonte
Ironically, the director felt his film was not racist and was amazed so many people thought it was....he took the profits from this film to make 'Intolerance' which interjects I think 5 different examples of intolerance through the ages...trying to show people the real D. W. Griffith.
waiting for adam driver to throw a hissy fit with a lightsaber on a control console
all that so we could twerk on top of ambulances
What’s see you saying?
Nope. 😊😊
Remember: All the real life hatred this movie dramatizes, all of it was taught.
Why's this rattan chair often used by celebrities?
Just a classic design that became popular in the 70s, so it's period accurate but it also just looks cool
Rattan Chair is iconic symbol of black power in the 60s and 70s with Huey P Newton.
Lucy Friar 😂
I'm gttin a klansman hanging from me tattooed
The kkk went after criminals and, in nearly a century of operating, killed a few thousand. Nwords slaughter the same amount of innocent white people every other month. The media does damage control for black criminality. "White girl bleed a lot."
@@SlZIJI the KKK also killed just as many innocent people for no reason and did tons of terrible stuff you're supposed to know about. So, go cry about it.
Your "whataboutisms" just don't make any sense and just furthermore prove the point of this film.
i might get the same but with a black panther
I've never seen so many fros in one room.
2:30
RIP
Jesse Washington most likely killed Lucy Fryer, but he deserved a trial and a jury of his peers. As such, no one knows for sure who killed her because frontier justice is just as likely not justice at all.
How the fuck do you know lmao? Was you there?
@@da420wizard6 I gotta explain how to read to you now?
@@austinhuber3131care to explain how you came to that conclusion?
@@matic247 He had motive, opportunity, and her blood on his clothes.
Anyone who still watches this film like this; is regarded.
Angelina, An-ge-li-na...
And they truly believe they don't deserve nothing coming to them.
showing white power and then immediately black power to show that both are stemmed from mob-think and racism is a great scene
Absolutely
Mob think is when oppressed minority thinks for themselves?
If anything it’s to show the difference actually how white power is used for hate while black power was used to empower you missed the entire point
@@x-omnistar-x9602 not really
This movie is decent and worth watching it’s not as preachy as you think it’s gonna be, this is like the worst scenes in the movie. The fat wife hollering during the movie is the best character. I’ve never seen one like her she’s like what if you made a heist movie where there is a court jester who messes everything up
MLK, created a better future for us all/ everyone thinks they something/ No one but Gandhi and MLK, moved a needle for us/ All of us/ MLK is like jesus, if jesus existed/
U got to be high on something
Jesus wasnt a domestic abuser, serial cheater, or a drug user though…
If thats the best character you can come up with… which is sad given MLK’s actual message is being denied by the current administration.
@Anti Bull the Civil rights movement was a mistake that only further destroyed freedom of association. If a sandwich maker doesnt wanna serve Nwords, thats hisbfucking business. Now the government puts a gun to your head forces you to at threat of fines, clouser, jail and murder
Click bait. Commercial every 30 seconds.
This was so cartoony it's almost offensive to history. People seem to forget the plane hijackings that were done in the name of "black power" as well as actions take by members of the Nation Of Islam.
The Melvin McNair plane hijacking where no one was killed and the French government concluded it was American Racism that should be on trial? And then one of the Hijackers sentence was reduced for good behavior? Yeah, that's exactly the same as the Klan murdering people.
People are fucked in the head no matter what physical description they fit. The most dangerous thing is they all think they're justified to hurt innocent people because someone else hurt them. Get's to the point you wish they'd just kill each other and leave the rest of us alone.
Your brain dead as fuck this movie is literally a true story