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/ Black students assemble in front of Tigert Hall on the morning of April 15, 1971, in preparation for their confrontation with Stephen O'Connell. On April 15, 1971, a group of Black students marched to Tigert Hall with six demands in hand. Then-UF President Stephen C. O'Connell threatened to suspend them all unless they vacated the premises immediately, and the students ended up in jail. Procrastinating Americans woke up on that April day knowing their taxes were due. President Richard Nixon had just eased a trade embargo on China. The Supreme Court was deciding whether busing was a consti...

Apr 10, 2021 Two films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards will show at Reg Lenna Center for The Arts. Nomadland screens Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Judas and the Black Messiah screens Friday, April 16, at 7 p.m. Each is nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In Nomadland, Best Actress nominee Frances McDormand stars as Fern. Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, she packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloe ...

USD’s Cultural Wellness Coalition will be hosting a free screening of “Judas and the Black Messiah” at the Coyote Twin Theater in downtown Vermillion on April 8 at 7 p.m. as part of their Diverse Film Series for the Students & Community. The film, released this year in a simultaneous theatrical and streaming release on HBO Max, depicts the betrayal and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, in 1969. The film was directed by Shaka King and stars Daniel Kaluuya as Hampton, LaKeith Stanfield as FBI informant Bill O’Neal and Jesse Plemo...

An Energetic Film on Black and White Judas and the Black Messiah review The first thoughts that come to mind the second one hears the words ‘Black Panthers’ are style, revolution, and general badassery. Shaka King’s Oscar best picture nominee Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of the love, pain, inspiration, and dedication behind these words. The film is about Bill O’Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the Chicago chapter of the Black Panthers in the late 1960s and eventually betrayed their charismatic deputy chairman Fred Hampton to his assassination. Taken from some o...

Black Jesus Print this article For liberals who regard the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency with residual suspicion, these are confusing times. While the FBI could once be dismissed as a haven for skull-crackers and fascists, today’s authorities largely limit themselves to monitoring Republican politicians and sniffing out white-bread y’all Qaeda types. Happily, the motion picture industry has hit upon a solution to liberals’ cognitive dissonance. If the Left can no longer heckle G-men in the present tense, it can do so via the magic of period filmmaking. Set at the h...