Story Line
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
“You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.”
Top Cast
Daniel Kaluuya
Fred Hampton
LaKeith Stanfield
Bill O'Neal
Jesse Plemons
Roy Mitchell
Dominique Fishback
Deborah Johnson
Ashton Sanders
Jimmy Palmer
Algee Smith
Jake Winters
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
2021-02-12
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
DramaHistory
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Manuel São Bento
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No rating•2/2/2021
Racism has all too often reared its ugly head in recent years with the rise of extremist groups who felt emboldened by recent political climates. As violence leads to protests which can themselves become violent; the perpetual cycle seems unending.
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9/10
•2/18/2021'Judas and the Black Messiah' (a bloody brilliant title that took a while for me to figure out) is a true powerhouse of a film - not just because it echoes the current climate and the Black Lives Matter movement, but for its standout performances fro...
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
5/10
•3/9/2021It’s a bummer when a film has an important historical story to tell but the finished product just isn’t very good. Such is the case with “Judas and the Black Messiah,” director Shaka King‘s take on the true story of charismatic Black Panther Party le...