Judas And The Black Messiah.The Shaka King-directed film, which came out last month (February 26), details the story of the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) and car thief turned informer William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield).Hoover (Martin Sheen) – who served as the first FBI director, later becoming a controversial figure owing to his abuses of power – orders Hampton’s assassination in the movie.As Deadline reports, Democratic US lawmakers have now reintroduced a bill to strip his name from the J.
Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC. “The movie is a clear depiction of his efforts to impede the civil rights movement,” said Tennessee Rep.
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