Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Biography Drama History
Coming Out at February 12, 2021 in theaters and on digital
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.
Director: Shaka King
Writers: Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Martin Sheen, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Thorne, Terayle Hill, Jermaine Fowler
►Cast
| Jesse Plemons | ► | Roy Mitchell |
| Martin Sheen | ► | J. Edgar Hoover |
| LaKeith Stanfield | ► | William O’Neal |
| Dominique Thorne | ► | Judy Harmon |
| Daniel Kaluuya | ► | Fred Hampton |
| Terayle Hill | ► | George Sams |
| Jermaine Fowler | ► | |
| Ashton Sanders | ► | Larry Robertson |
| Dominique Fishback | ► | Deborah Johnson |
| Algee Smith | ► | Jake Winters |
| Lil Rel Howery | ► | |
| Robert Longstreet | ► | Special Agent Carlyle |
| John West Jr. | ► | Black Panther Soldier B |
| Nick Fink | ► | Fesperman |
| Darrell Britt-Gibson | ► | Bobby Rush |
| China Shavers | ► | College Student |
| Caleb Eberhardt | ► | |
| Crystal Lee Brown | ► | Darlene |
| Adam Ratcliffe | ► | Cop #2 |
| Khris Davis | ► | Steel |
| Tyra Joy Smith | ► | Tracy Randle |
| Michael ‘Mick’ Harrity | ► | Prison Warden |
| Alysia Joy Powell | ► | Ms. Winters |
| Amber Chardae Robinson | ► | Betty Coachman |
| Chris Hahn | ► | Prison guard |