New On DVD: Oscar winner featured in releases By Tribune News Service
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A leading awards-season contender that just nabbed two Oscars headlines the new releases for the week of May 4.
“Judas and the Black Messiah”: Daniel Kaluuya recently won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Illinois Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton, killed in his sleep by Chicago law enforcement in 1969, with LaKeith Stanfield nominated in the same category for playing the “Judas” in question, a man who infiltrates the Black Panthers at the behest of the FBI.
Writing for Tribune News Service, critic Katie Walsh lauded director Shaka King for his focus on Hampton’s words and revolutionary beliefs, saying the movie is “an inspiring portrait of the young activist, paired with an examination of the FBI’s insidious cultivation of informant William O’Neal [Stanfield], who was integral to their surveillance and murder of Hampton. King’s dual focu
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Yasuke Trailer Unleashes Lakeith Stanfield s Lone Samurai in Netflix Anime Series
Yasuke Trailer Unleashes Lakeith Stanfield s Lone Samurai in Netflix Anime Series
Netflix s Yasuke starts streaming today and combines samurai action with supernatural elements in an alternate-reality 16th century feudal Japan.
The final trailer for Netflix s Yasuke, which features
Judas and the Black Messiah star Lakeith Stanfield as the title character, teases all the samurai action and supernatural happenings that you could possibly want in a new anime series. Loosely based on the historical figure of the same name,
Yasuke comes from creator LeSean Thomas (
The Boondocks), with Stanfield on board as an executive producer alongside Grammy-winning artist Flying Lotus.