Trust and betrayal: 'Judas and the Black Messiah' recounts how a rat took down a Panther
Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from “Judas and the Black Messiah.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures) We caught a glimpse of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton in Aaron Sorkin’s superb and spiritually truthful “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” with Kelvin Harrison’s Hampton advising fellow Black Panther Bobby Seale early in the trial. In the equally powerful and resonant “Judas and the Black Messiah,” we’re back in the Chicago of the late 1960s, but this time the focus is on Hampton’s rapid rise through the Black Panther ranks and the coordinated efforts by nationa...