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The movie, âJudas and the Black Messiahâ is a largely accurate portrayal of how the government conspired to kill one of the leaders of the Black Panther Party, a former leader of the Panthers in Winston-Salem says. The movie âshows how the FBI went out of its way to murder Panthers like Fred Hampton and others,â said Larry Little, who at age 19 was a founding member of the Winston-Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party and a city native. âThat sets the historical record straight,â Little said. âIt was an organized political assassination.â The film depicts how the FBI used a confidential informant in its surveillance of a Panther leader and its collaboration with Chicago police in December 1969. ....
The movie, “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a largely accurate portrayal of how the government conspired to kill one of the leaders of the Black Panther Party, a former ....
Judas and the Black Messiah is based on the true story of FBI informant William O’Neal and his role in the 1969 killing of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. It took years for the facts around Hampton’s killing to become public, thanks to a vigorous government effort to cover them up. While the movie, directed by Shaka King from a screenplay he wrote with Will Berson, stays relatively faithful to history, it does take some liberties with the historical record including by filling in some of its blanks. Here’s what’s real and what’s invented. ....
(left, with Daniel Kaluuya), plans to meet U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, whom he portrays in the film. Warner Bros. Pictures Former Black Panther member and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, and Darrell Britt-Gibson, the actor who portrays him in the film “Judas and the Black Messiah,” would love to meet one day. Rush, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party Illinois chapter, said he’s seen the film, which details the events leading up a December 1969 predawn raid that led to the killing of chapter chairman Fred Hampton, 21, and Mark Clark, by the Chicago Police Department, in conjunction with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office and the FBI. ....
"Judas and the Black Messiah" cast LaKeith Stanfield, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders and Jesse Plemons talk to Tribune film critic Michael Phillips about preparing for their roles. ....