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SNCC); and the Congress for Racial Equality ( CORE). While these associations generally pursued their goals through civil disobedience and the courts, it was the Black Panther Party that eschewed the establishment in favor of leftist community organizing, a focus on Black power, and military tactics. New film Judas and the Black Messiah, in theaters and on HBO Max Feb 12, follows the rise of Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), the head of the Illinois chapter of the party. F...

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Is an Urgent, Must-See Biopic A stirring ‘power to the people’ film depicts the FBI’s persecution of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Director/co-writer Shaka King’s thrilling Judas and the Black Messiah explosively dramatizes the struggle of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya) and the FBI’s persecution of Hampton and the Black Panther Party. Threatened by the charismatic, fearless Hampton and the...

0Shares Hollywood’s relationship with the Black Panther Party is about as graceful and nuanced as the general public’s, and that’s certainly no accident. Though plenty of documentaries have taken great pains to accurately outline the Panthers’ roots, including the more recent Vanguard of the Revolution from Stanley Nelson, attempts at fictionalizing the once far-reaching, Oakland-based movement have ranged from being punchlines in Forrest Gump to pitiable victims in last year’s The...

In an exclusive interview with MEAWW, the Lucas Brothers, Kenny and Keith, sketch out how the real Deborah Johnson helped them make the story 'richer'

PHOTO COURTESY A24 Alan Kim and Steven Yeun in "Minari." Fresh off receiving a slew of Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations last week, two wildly deserving award season contenders were released on Friday. As the pandemic forces film distributors to rethink their release plans, both “Minari” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” will now be a...

How does a filmmaker reckon with the unjust death of Fred Hampton? The Black Panther Party Deputy Chairman was murdered in his sleep in 1969, at age 21, by Chicago

Shaka King’s powerful, emotional drama Judas and the Black Messiah lays out some history around the Black Panther Party and iconic organizer Black power icon Fred Hampton, played by Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya. But too much of the story is framed around the white law enforcement agents hunting him, and the spy they recruit to betray him, car thief Bill O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield). Co-starring Jesse Plemons and Martin Sheen. In theaters and on HBO Max through March 15, with a digital release t...

CinemaBlend There are few movies receiving as much as attention as Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah thanks to the biographical drama’s heartbreaking retelling of the events that led to the assassination of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and the struggles of the African-American community in late 1960s. The Judas and the Black Messiah cast, which includes Daniel Kaluuya as impassioned activist and LaKeith Stanfield as the criminal-turned-informant who prov...

"Judas and the Black Messiah" delivers a fierce portrait of a man, his movement, and the forces that aligned to bring him down

As a rich study of conflicted loyalties, the fact-based drama is a compelling movie about the FBIs attempt to infiltrate the Black Panthers. Its theme of police misconduct requires careful thought by viewers, and a strong stomach.