History Trivia / BlacKkKlansman

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/SpikeLee cast his ProductionPosse regular Nick Turturro to play Walker, a KKK member, despite him clearly being Italian-American – which would invalidate him from KKK membership.

* FakeAmerican: Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen as the KKK member [[TheDragon Felix Kendrickson]].

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/SpikeLee cast his production posse regular Nick Turturro to play Walker, a KKK member, despite him clearly being Italian-American – which would invalidate him from KKK membership.

* CareerResurrection: Before this film, Creator/SpikeLee had faded from relevancy during the past decade. After garnering praise in 1989 for ''Film/DoTheRightThing'', he became famous as a vivid voice in cinema for tackling racial matters and injustices in his films (''Film/JungleFever'' and ''Film/MalcolmX'' being similarly praised by critics) throughout the 90's and early 2000's. Unfortunately, he hit a creative slump after the critical and commercial success of ''Film/InsideMan'' in 2006. His subsequent films (''Miracle At St. Anna'', ''Red Hook Summer'', ''Film/Oldboy2013'', etc.) went ignored and unseen, with critical reception being mixed at best. This film revitalized Lee's career and has been hailed as his best film since ''Do the Right Thing'', and he followed it up with the just as critically acclaimed ''Film/Da5Bloods''.

* CareerResurrection: Before this film, Creator/SpikeLee had faded from relevancy during the past decade. After garnering praise in 1989 for ''Film/DoTheRightThing'', he became famous as a vivid voice in cinema for tackling racial matters and injustices in his films (''Film/JungleFever'' and ''Film/MalcolmX'' being similarly praised by critics) throughout the 90's and early 2000's. Unfortunately, he hit a creative slump after the critical and commercial success of ''Film/InsideMan'' in 2006. Lee's subsequent films (''Miracle At St. Anna'', ''Red Hook Summer'', ''Film/Oldboy2013'', etc.) went ignored and unseen, with critical reception being mixed at best. This film revitalized Lee's career and has been hailed as his finest film since ''Do the Right Thing'', and he followed it up with the just as critically acclaimed ''Film/Da5Bloods''.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/SpikeLee cast his production posse regular Nick Turturro to play Walker, a KKK member, in spite of him clearly being Italian-American, which would invalidate him from KKK membership.
* CareerResurrection: The film appears to be one for Creator/TopherGrace, who once again becomes a publicized object of attention following his partaking in this acclaimed film and getting some of the best reviews of his career for playing David Duke.
* CreatorBreakdown: Topher Grace was so despondent from playing David Duke, and realizing that his racist vision for America had more-or-less come to pass, he had to take a minor break from acting and edited the three ''[[Film/TheHobbit Hobbit]]'' movies into one film to cope.
* FakeAmerican: Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen as the KKK member [[TheDragon Felix Kendrickson]]

* AbilityOverAppearance: Lee cast his production posse regular Nick Turturro to play Walker, a KKK member, in spite of him clearly being Italian-American, which would invalidate him from KKK membership.

* TheCameo: The man who tells the harrowing tale of his friend's lynching to the Black Student Union? Acting legend and civil rights activist, Creator/HarryBelafonte himself.
* CareerResurrection: The film appears to be one for Creator/TopherGrace, who once again becomes a publicized object of attention following his partaking in this acclaimed film and getting some of the best reviews of his career for playing David Duke.

* FakeAmerican: Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen as the KKK member [[TheDragon Felix Kendrickson[[

* FakeAmerican: Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen as the KKK member ((TheDragon Felix Kendrickson))

* CareerResurrection: The film appears to be one for Creator/TopherGrace, who once again becomes a publicized object of attention following his partaking in this acclaimed film.

** [[FridgeLogic This may have to do with the fact that Walker hates black people just as much as rank-and-file KKK members]] - [[EnemyMine to the point where his Italian ethnicity doesn't matter to them at all.]]

* AbilityOverAppearance: Lee cast his production posse regular Nick Turturro play Walker, a KKK member, in spite of clearly being Italian-American, which would invalidate him from KKK membership.

* PlayingAgainstType: Topher Grace, best known for playing likeable comedic and romantic roles, here plays KKK Grand Wizard David Duke.

* EnforcedMethodActing: The targets that were used in the target practice scene were ''not'' props specifically created for the movie and instead were bought off of the internet. Creator/SpikeLee told John David Washington this fact before the scene was shot.

* TheCameo: The man who tells the harrowing tale of his friend's lynching to the Black Student Union? Acting legend and civil rights activist, Creator/HarryBelafonte himself.

EnforcedMethodActing: The targets that were used in the target practice scene were ''not'' props specifically created for the movie and instead were bought off of the internet. Creator/SpikeLee told John David Washington this fact before the scene was shot.

EnforcedMethodActing: The targets that were used in the target practice scene were ''not'' props specifically created for the movie and instead were bought off of the internet. Spike Lee told John David Washington this fact before the scene was shot.