Judas and the Black Messiah

About Judas and the Black Messiah

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover.

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) is a history film directed by Shaka King. At 125 minutes long, it arrived in February 2021.

The film is filed under awestruck, exhilarated, assassination, and hard. It is adapted from real events.

Daniel Kaluuya appears as Fred Hampton, LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O'Neal, Jesse Plemons as Roy Mitchell, and Dominique Fishback as Deborah Johnson. The screenplay is by Shaka King and Will Berson. It comes from Bron Studios, MACRO, and Proximity Media.

The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Butler, and Monster make useful companions to Judas and the Black Messiah, all filed under 1960s, black panther party, and african american history. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 1,770 votes and it carries a R rating.