Judas and the Black Messiah is based on the true story of FBI informant William O’Neal and his role in the 1969 killing of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. It took years for the facts around Hampton’s killing to become public, thanks to a vigorous government effort to cover them up. While the movie, directed by Shaka King from a screenplay he wrote with Will Berson, stays relatively faithful to history, it does take some liberties with the historical record including by filling in some of its blanks. Here’s what’s real and what’s invented.
JilChristina Vest never intended to have a mural this big on the side of her house. They drove the vans, Vest says. They fed the kids, they printed the paper. They were the editors. They were the teachers. They literally did everything.
After the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Vest wanted to create something to bring her joy. I didn t want to memorialize things that had been done to us, Vest says. I wanted to find a way to honor what it looks like when we do things for ourselves when we fight for our liberation.
The mural was the result. It highlights the women of the Black Panther Party who provided food, education, health care and more in local black communities.
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