Sentences with phrase «black detective who»

Spike Lee won the Grand Prix, the festival's second prize, for BlacKkKlansman, a galvanizing drama based on the strange, true - life story of a Black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s and is also an indictment of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The director and co-writer brings to screen the story of Ron Stallworth, a real - life black detective who managed to become the head of a Colorado chapter of the KKK.

«Get Out» director Jordan Peele is producing Lee's latest film about the true story of a black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan

John David Washington and Adam Driver star in true - story drama about a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan

Not exact matches

Disturbing new questions have emerged about the shooting of an unarmed black man in the back three years ago by a white NYPD detective who is under investigation for posting racist comments on Facebook, the Daily News reports.

The IPCC will also investigate allegations omade against two former MPS officers, then Detective Inspector Robert Lambert and Commander Colin Black, who were both identified in the review as having played a part in facilitating the meeting with the undercover officer.

As the trailer reveals, it's a sly mix of violence and black comedy about a detective and a father who seek revenge against the same man, a suspected child killer.

The resourceful detective and his astute partner, Dr. Watson, meet a powerful criminal, a devotee of black magic who arises from his grave.

The film ignited the French Riviera festival with its true tale of a black police detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan.

Also in attendance at the party were Westworld «s James Marsden, Thor: Ragnarok «s Karl Urban, Star Trek: Discovery «s Sonequa Martin - Green, The Gifted «Jamie Chung and Stephen Moyer, The Orville «s Seth MacFarlane and Halston Sage, actor Zachary Levi, Once Upon a Time «s Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, and Dania Ramirez, Black Panther «s Chadwick Boseman, Sharknado «s Cassie Scerbo and Tara Reid, Supergirl «s Odette Annable, The Magicians «Olivia Taylor Dudley, Game of Thrones «Iwan Rheon and John Bradley - West, Power Rangers «Dacre Montgomery, American Gods «Ricky Whittle and Orlando Jones, Stranger Things «David Harbour, Spider - Man: Homecoming «s Tony Revolori, Doctor Who «s Peter Capaldi, Gotham «s Cory Michael Smith, Robin Lord Taylor, and Camren Bicondova, Midnight Texas «Arielle Kebbel, Jason Lewis, Sarah Ramos, and Francois Arnaud, The Last Ship «s Bridget Regan, comedian Ana Gasteyer, Planet of the Apes «Andy Serkis, Lucifer «s Tricia Helfer and Aimee Garcia, SNL «s Aidy Bryant, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency «s Hannah Marks, former Hawaii Five - 0 star Grace Park, Prison Break: Resurrection «s Sarah Wayne Callies, as well as David Arquette, and Lydia Hearst and Chris Hardwick.

The other is his relative, sergeant detective Jeffrey Allen (Woody Harrelson), a detestable mess of a man who donates to black supremacists on the street and smokes joints he finds in seized garbage bags.

BlacKkKlansman follows a black detective named Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, even becoming phone pals with the notorious David Duke (Topher Grace) in order to thwart a suspected attack.

Sidney Poitier plays Virgil Tibbs, a well - dressed black stranger who is picked up on suspicion of murder but turns out to be a homicide detective who embarrasses the bigoted white Sheriff (Rod Steiger) with his shrewd investigative skills.

Meanwhile, the two race relations films end on entirely optimistic notes, with «Guess Who's Coming to Dinner» presenting an interracial couple as the wave of the future, and «In the Heat of the Night» showing a formerly racist white police chief (Rod Steiger) and a black detective (Poitier) coming to a place of mutual respect and acceptance.

A number of threads from Shane Black's filmography, including a Christmas - time setting and at least one character who is a detective (amateur or otherwise), appear in both «The Long Kiss Goodnight» and «Iron Man 3.»

Best Directing of an Episode of a Drama Series «Mizumono,» Hannibal (David Slade) «The National Anthem,» Black Mirror (Otto Bathurst) «Ozymandias,» Breaking Bad (Rian Johnson) «Waterloo,» Mad Men (Matthew Weiner) «Who Goes There,» True Detective (Cary Fukunaga)

Writer - director Shane Black's horribly enjoyable action comedy The Nice Guys is an jauntily arch return to this tradition, the story of two dishevelled and incompetent private detectives in 1970s Los Angeles — played by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling — who have been expensively tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the death of a missing porn actress, and what other kind of fascinatingly damaged female character can there be?

BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee — United States IN A NUTSHELL An adaptation of the book Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth, this film follows an African - American detective (played by John David Washington) in Colorado Springs, who infiltrates the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

Published in 1998, it told the bile - black tale of Bruce Robertson, an Edinburgh police detective and enthusiastic racist, homophobe, drug - abuser and woman - hater who makes life a waking hell for anyone in his blast radius.

The formula that Black continues to use emerges from the subgenre known as buddy cop: from Lethal Weapon to his most recent film, The Nice Guys, the protagonists are a pair of unusual detectives, who are instantly a peculiarity among the unfolding crime story of the film.

«Are you not the detective who incarcerated the arsenic black widow?»

It revolves around three characters: former police officer Adrian Wall, who has just been released after doing 13 years hard time for a violent crime he swears he didn't commit; the victim's son, Gideon, who wants revenge; and Detective Elizabeth Black, the only person who believes that Wall is innocent.

Danai Gurira who brought Michonne to life on the TV series did not reprise her role in the game, therefore Michonne is voiced by Samira Wiley who has starred in Orange is the New Black and The Handmaid's Tale delivers a stunning performance that can range from light - hearted dialogue with Pete to action and even emotional scenes when Michonne hallucinates about those who she has lost which provides a guaranteed emotional response from the player, while Malik Yoba voices Pete who made his debut as Yul Brenner in Cool Runnings followed by Detective Carson in Cop Land and TV series such as New York Undercover, Alphas and Empire.

Nicknamed «Black Magic» by detectives for her seeming ability to get lab results no other chemist could, Gilchrist was never prosecuted for her alleged misdeeds, though she reportedly was named a defendant in at least one lawsuit against the city by a convicted rapist who was later exonerated.