An undercover Black detective infiltrates the KKK in a darkly comedic and briskly paced true story.
Satirical and darkly comic, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy. Based on a book.
Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 25, 2026.
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
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Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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