In August 2018, musician and director Boots Riley turned to social media to express his disdain for Spike Lee. BlacKkKlansman film, accusing the veteran director of pushing propaganda for law enforcement in his latest corpus.

The criticism took the form of a three-page statement in which Riley claims that Lee made story notes to entice a policeman to play the role of a protagonist.

"It's an invented story in which the fake parts of the movie are trying to make the policeman the protagonist of the fight against racist oppression," writes Riley in his essay. "This is part of Black Lives Matter is a discussion, and this is not a coincidence.There is a point of view behind."

In his review, Riley noted that Spike Lee had "a huge influence" on his career, revealing that he was the reason he had attended a film school and that he was also the first to send a tape demo to when Lee still had his 40 Acres And A Mule Musicworks.

In an interview with the Times UK, Spike Lee has issued a respectful response, defending his choice to portray the main character of Ron Stallworth, a black policeman infiltrated into a local branch of KKK, a protagonist.

"Look at my films: they have been very critical of the police, but on the other hand, I will never say that all police are corrupt, that all police hate people of color. I will not say that, "Lee said. I mean, we need the police. Unfortunately, in many cases, the police did not comply with the law. they broke the law. "

According to Boots, this is not all that Spike Lee had to say. Boots Riley revealed Saturday that Lee had shouted in front of the Independent Spirit Awards red carpet.

"He yelled at me as he was going away saying," I'm Miles Davis, you're Chet Baker! "Said Riley. Variety. "Then I saw him at the DGA lunch and he said:" Come here "and said" Squashed? Squashed. "

Obviously, neither men should be too caught up in criticism as Riley sorry to disturb you won the Best Feature Award at the Independent Spirit Ceremony while Spike BlacKkKlansman is nominated for six Oscars in total at this year's ceremonies.