Judas And The Black Messiah Trailer Shows FBI Plot To Assassinate Black Panther Leader

Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah will be an essential movie viewing in the era of Black Lives Matter.

For decades, black protest leaders and government agents fought each other in the name of civil rights. In times like this, the Portland protest and Seattle protest proved there is no end in sight. It is possible history can repeat itself.

Here’s the synopsis of this movie:

In 1968, a young, charismatic activist named Fred Hampton became Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, who were fighting for freedom, the power to determine the destiny of the Black community, and an end to police brutality and the slaughter of Black people.

Chairman Fred was inspiring a generation to rise up and not back down to oppression, which put him directly in the line of fire of the government, the FBI, and the Chicago Police. But to destroy the revolution, they had to do it from both the outside…and the inside. Facing prison, William O’Neal is offered a deal by the FBI: if he will infiltrate the Black Panthers and provide intel on Hampton, he will walk free. O’Neal takes the deal.

Now a comrade in arms in the Black Panther Party, O’Neal lives in fear that his treachery will be discovered even as he rises in the ranks. But as Hampton’s fiery message draws him in, O’Neal cannot escape the deadly trajectory of his ultimate betrayal.

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The movie stars Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Black Panther) as Fred Hampton and LeKeith Stanfield (Atlanta, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as William O’Neal. In addition, it stars Jesse Plemons (Vice), Dominique Fishback (The Hate U Give), Ashton Sanders (The Equalizer 2), and Martin Sheen (The Departed).

Shaka King directed the movie, thus making it his studio feature film directorial debut.

Based on the true story, the assassination of Fred Hampton didn’t stop the movement in Illinois. With his legacy, it led to the creation of the Rainbow Coalition, the organization fighting for equality and political empowerment.

At this time, no release date announced for the film. However, its intention marked for theatrical release for now.

Watch the first trailer below and let us know what you think.

Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

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