Judas and the Black Messiah

Year: 2021

Actors: Jesse Plemons, Keith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Sheen

Duration: 126 min

In 1966, after having a brush with the law, the brazen, seventeen-year-old car thief, William O'Neal, cuts a deal with FBI agent, Roy Martin Mitchell: in exchange for having his charges dropped, Bill must infiltrate the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party led by the charismatic luminary, Fred Hampton. As FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, aims to cripple the Black Panthers, having already labelled them a threat, Fred Hampton, the unapologetic revolutionary, works his way up to the top, forming unexpected but powerful alliances and the multicultural movement, the Rainbow Coalition. Now, with Judas planted in the heart of the political organisation, acting as eyes and ears for the FBI, more and more, the impostor finds himself caught in the throes of his endless fabrications. And, one way or another, the influential black Messiah's radical activism must be stopped.—Nick Riganas

Genre: Biography   Drama   History