Judas and the Black Messiah Review: A Spellbinding True Story of Betrayal & Deception
Judas and the Black Messiah Review: A Spellbinding True Story of Betrayal & Deception
The FBI uses a thief (LaKeith Stanfield) to target Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) in Judas and the Black Messiah.
Judas and the Black Messiah is a spellbinding true story of betrayal and America's turbulent racial reckoning during the 1960s. The FBI, under the authoritarian rule of J. Edgar Hoover, launched an illegal clandestine program - COINTELPRO, to infiltrate and subvert political organizations deemed a threat to national security. William O' Neal was recruited to spy and befriend Fred Hampton, the charismatic Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party.