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JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
(in theaters and HBO Max)
 During the late 1960s, charismatic leader Fred Hampton (David Kaluuya) serves as the chairman of the Black Panther Party in Chicago.
After getting arrested for stealing cars and posing as an FBI agent, William OâNeal (Lakeith Stanfield) is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the Black Panthers and to report to FBI Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) about the activities of Hampton.
Shaka King directs this stunning recreation of the racial inequities of the time with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) demanding that Panther leaders be captured. Kaluuya gives a powerful performance as young orator Hampton, who exhibits bravery and strength while pursuing justice for Black people.