Judas and the Black Messiah, cowriter and director Shaka King (People of Earth, High Maintenance) and his cast and crew have become definite Oscar contenders.The new film, which made its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and hit theaters and HBO Max simultaneously on February 12, stars Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, the charismatic Illinois chairman of the Black Panther Party.
It tells the story surrounding Hampton’s betrayal and subsequent assassination in 1969 based on intel by FBI informant William O’Neal, played by LaKeith Stanfield.
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