The Cannes Film Festival audience did the right thing at the premiere of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” Monday, showering the director with a 10-minute ovation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The crowd applauded several times during the screening, and erupted for four minutes as the credits rolled. Lee, whose “Do The Right Thing” lost the Palme d’Or top Cannes prize to Steven Soderbergh’s “sex lies and videotape” in 1989, may fare better this year, given the reception and early reviews. Lee included a dedication in the film to Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville by a man driving his car into people protesting white nationalism. “That motherfucker was given the chance to say we are about love, not hate,” Lee said in the clip below.

Source: Huffington Post May 15, 2018 16:30 UTC