The following podcast contains spoilers about Warner Bros.’ Judas and the Black MessiahOne of the features making it into the 2020-21 awards season thanks to the extended qualification period during the pandemic is Warner Bros.’ Judas and the Black Messiah about the FBI’s takedown of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, by informant William O’Neal.
J. Edgar Hoover deemed Hampton a radical threat, and the movie follows the FBI’s seduction of African American O’Neal to infiltrate the Chicago Black Panthers, and download them with intimate details about the charismatic Hampton.Judas and the Black Messiah opens in theaters and streams on HBO Max on Feb.
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