The legacy of Chairman Fred Hampton is finally coming to the screen. On Thursday, Warner Bros. debuted the first trailer for “Judas and the Black Messiah”, the new film about the 1969 FBI assassination of the leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party.
Daniel Kaluuya plays the charismatic 21-year-old radical activist, who was fighting for freedom for Black people and the end of police brutality and murder when his life was cut short.
RELATED: ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Says Female Spin-Off ‘Would Be Amazing’ The film also tells the lesser-known story of William O’Neal, played by LaKeith Stanfield, who was coerced into helping the FBI infiltrate the Black Panthers and provide intel on Hampton.
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