FBI tale set in turbulent late-'60s Chicago sizzles with racial unrest reverberating more than 50 decades later
In the year 1969, most Americans’ view of the Federal Bureau of Investigation came from the TV...
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In the year 1969, most Americans’ view of the Federal Bureau of Investigation came from the TV...
'Judas and the Black Messiah' Offers an Infuriating Glimpse Into History It'll make you angry, but sometimes that's exactly what's needed. HBO Max “I’ll let history speak for me,” says the real William O’Neal in an archival interview at the end of Judas and the Black Messiah, and it’s a choice that’s both haunting due to what followed and understandable due to everything that came before. His story is the focus of director Shaka King‘s sophomore feature, and while its events occurred a half century ago they’re sadly every bit as relevant today. O’Neal (
Judas and the Black Messiah Review: A Spellbinding True Story of Betrayal & Deception Judas and the Black Messiah Review: A Spellbinding True Story of Betrayal & Deception The FBI uses a thief (LaKeith Stanfield) to target Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) in Judas and the Black Messiah. Judas and the Black Messiah is a spellbinding true story of betrayal and America's turbulent racial reckoning during the 1960s. The FBI, under the authoritarian rule of J. Edgar Hoover, launched an illegal clandestine program - COINTELPRO, to infiltrate and subvert political organizations dee...