JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

Rating: MA15+   (Strong violence and coarse language)
Duration: 125 mins
Director: Shaka King
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons
Genre:  Biography, Drama, History

 

FBI informant William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson. Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commands?

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