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12/02/2021 Drama, History 2h 5m
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You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.

Overview

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

  1. Shaka King

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Daniel Kaluuya

    Fred Hampton

  2. LaKeith Stanfield

    Bill O'Neal

  3. Jesse Plemons

    Roy Mitchell

  4. Dominique Fishback

    Deborah Johnson

  5. Ashton Sanders

    Jimmy Palmer

  6. Algee Smith

    Jake Winters

  7. Darrell Britt-Gibson

    Bobby Rush

  8. Lil Rel Howery

    Wayne

  9. Dominique Thorne

    Judy Harmon

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by garethmb
Written by garethmb on 2021-02-02
Racism has all too often reared its ugly head in recent years with the rise of extremist groups who felt emboldened by recent political climates. As violence leads to protests which can themselves become violent; the perpetual cycle seems unending.

In the new film “Judas and the Black Messiah”, audiences are told the real-life story of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) who runs a local chapter of The Black Panthers in Illinois in the 1960s.

The rise of what is perceived as militant groups in the wake of the killings of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King has caused increased police and ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$26,000,000.00

Revenue
$6,416,063.00

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