Sundance 2021: El Planeta, Pleasure, Judas and the Black Messiah noteworthy films from the festival To wrap up our annual Sundance coverage, we ve picked out our five favourite narrative features that were in the spotlight at the prestigious film festival this year. Prahlad Srihari February 08, 2021 08:01:17 IST
With the jury winners announced, Sundance 2021 concluded on Wednesday after a week of minimum sleep, maximum cinema. This time around, it was an entirely virtual affair, one of the collateral benefits of a world under lockdown. Despite a low-key line-up with no big-name directors, you don t really need to readjust your expectations at Sundance. As always, the festival delivered on its reputation of breeding indie film’s most unexpected standouts. Even with a scaled down slate of 72 features (down from last year s 118), its focus on diversity and representation didn t ta
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HBO Max continues to be a streaming force to be reckoned with a February slate of classics and originals on the streamer.
February brings the release of two Warner Bros. theatricals premiering in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day. Debuting on February 12,
Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of Bill O Neal (LaKeith Stanfield), who infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) and J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen). As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary (Dominique Fishback) en route, a battle wages for O Neal s soul.
Judas and the Black Messiah Offers an Infuriating Glimpse Into History
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“I’ll let history speak for me,” says the real William O’Neal in an archival interview at the end of
Judas and the Black Messiah, and it’s a choice that’s both haunting due to what followed and understandable due to everything that came before. His story is the focus of director
Shaka King‘s sophomore feature, and while its events occurred a half century ago they’re sadly every bit as relevant today.
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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.