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Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film directed and produced by Shaka King, who wrote the screenplay with Will Berson, based on a story by the pair and Kenny and Keith Lucas.
- Fred Hampton – A Poetic and A Philistic Revolutionary
- No Smoke Without Fire
- Party Is About The People
- Conclusion
Fred Hampton believes a rebellion is not fought with arms or nukes, it is fought with people. “There is strength in numbers, power anywhere where there’s people.” And in order to overthrow fascism and racism, it is going to take people not arms. Fred Hampton provoked his people to fight against the government in numbers, but not with terror. In Jud...
You might have to play dirty when you are playing with dirty people. Fred was neither King nor Gandhi. The ideas were provocative and had ideals like Malcolm X and Che Guevara. In the film, when the FBI placed their informant William O’Neal in Black Panther Party, his motive was to stop Fred. Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons), O’Neal’s FBI handler, at f...
Fred Hampton’s philosophy segregates an individual from his ideals. Fred said his thoughts about liberation will continue, even if he perishes and that’s the kind of life he lived. In the end, the Supreme Court denied Fred’s appeal, and he back to Menard. The Chief of the “The Crown” hands Fred a bundle of dollars to run away. Fred returns the wad,...
William O’Neal who ratted on Fred Hampton thought he did it for the right cause, but mostly he was saving his own freedom. He stole cars and impersonated an FBI agent but he didn’t want to end up in jail, he had his selfish reasons. When his first and only on-screen interview for the docu-series, “Eyes on the Prize 2” came out, O’Neal committed sui...
Feb 11, 2021 · Judas and the Black Messiah, a new film directed by Shaka King and co-produced by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, deftly dramatizes this moment, capturing both Hampton’s oratorical...
- Meilan Solly
Dec 1, 2021 · As a biopic, Judas and the Black Messiah succeeds in showing police disrespect and brutality toward the Black community, which, along with systemic racism and poverty, fuels the radicalization of Hampton. In a number of scenes, Hampton's oratorical skills are on full display.
Feb 25, 2021 · Judas and the Black Messiah is based on the true story of FBI informant William O’Neal and his role in the 1969 killing of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black...
- Matthew Dessem
Mar 6, 2023 · Judas and the Black Messiah depicts Fred Hampton's betrayal and murder and sticks pretty close to the truth. Here's the film's true story explained.
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Judas and the Black Messiah is inspired by the true story of Chairman Fred Hampton, his work as Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and his assassination by the FBI and Chicago Police Department.
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