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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. Filmmaker Shaka King tells the true story of Hampton and Bill O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield), the car t...

‘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 Panthers’ militancy, Bureau Director J. Edgar Hoover (played by Martin Sheen) unleashes COINTE...

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 Trial of the Chicago 7. And this is mainly because storytellers generally don’t have a clue how a...

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 accessible to audiences, both digitally and in limited theatrical settings. A24, the distributor of �...