Boots Riley—member of the Coup and director of Sorry to Bother You—has offered a scathing political critique of Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman. In the three-page document, which features extensive spoilers of the movie, Riley takes Lee to task for departing from the true story the film was based on.

Riley concedes that Lee is a great inspiration to him as a filmmaker and, aesthetically, calls the film a “masterful craftwork.” But Riley ultimately argues that in BlacKkKlansman, Lee presents “untrue elements that make a cop a hero against racism.” Riley writes, “It’s a made up story in which the false parts of it try to make a cop the protagonist in the fight against racist oppression. It’s being put while Black Lives Matter is a discussion, and this is not coincidental.”

After a lengthy fact-check of the film’s plot, Riley writes, “For Spike to come out with a movie where a story points are fabricated in order to make Black cop and his counterparts look like allies in the fight against racism is really disappointing, to put it very mildly.” He then brings up his 2016 essay for the Guardian, in which he mentions how Lee’s 2015 film Chi-Raq “plays into that myth” of black-on-black violence. He concludes by saying, “By now, many folks know that Spike Lee was paid over $200k to help in an ad campaign that was ‘aimed at improving relations with minority communities.’ Whether it actually is or not, Blackkklansman feels like an extension of that ad campaign.” Read the full critique below.

Back in 2015, Chance the Rapper also shared his criticism of Lee’s Chi-Raq, calling the film “exploitive and problematic.” Lee fired back at Chance in an interview, saying, “If you're so concerned about Chicago, do your research, show me where he's made criticisms about the mayor.... He's not criticized the mayor. Why? His father works for the mayor.”

Read Pitchfork’s interview with Riley, “Boots Riley Breaks Down the Savvy Radicalism of His Directorial Debut, Sorry to Bother You.”