Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.

R 2021 · 125 min · ★ 7.3 (2K) · Drama, History

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.

Directed by Shaka King · Written by Will Berson

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