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The Costumes in Judas and the Black Messiah Offer a History Lesson in Social Justice
How costume designer Charlese Antoinette helped transform Daniel Kaluuya into Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton.
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How costume designer Charlese Antoinette helped transform Daniel Kaluuya into Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton. There are a lot of people anticipating his story being told, says Judas and the Black Messiah costume designer Charlese Antoinette, about the gravity and expectation involved in bringing the story of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton to the screen.
Starring Daniel Kaluuya as the charismatic 21-year-old community leader, the movie recounts the events leading up to Hampton s assassination by the FBI, Chicago P.D. and Cook County State s Attorney s Office on Dec. 4, 1969 and the ultimate betrayal by teenage informant William O Neal (Lakeith Stanfield).
An electrifying film, Judas and the Black Messiah is based on the history of the FBI and Chicago Police Department’s involvement in the 1969 assassination of deputy chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party Fred Hampton. Under the direction of Shaka King, who co-wrote the movie with Will Berson (from a story by Keith and Kenneth Lucas) “Judas & the Black Messiah” gives viewers an inside look at the events leading up to the murder, while also reclaiming his story and memorializing him as an exuberant leader and revolutionary hero.
David Kaluuya, who was nominated by the Oscars for his role in Get Out, is Fred Hampton. Viewers can’t help but be mesmerized by his captivating performance as the 21-year-old martyr. As an active deputy chairman, Hampton was on the radar and often targeted by J. Edgar Hoover (played by Martin Sheen), who is shown instructing the FBI to take measures against the “Black Messiah.”