Movie
Judas and the Black Messiah
Overview
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-02-12
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- MACRO, Bron Studios, Participant, Proximity Media
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton
- LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O'Neal
- Jesse Plemons as Roy Mitchell
- Dominique Fishback as Deborah Johnson
- Ashton Sanders as Jimmy Palmer
- Algee Smith as Jake Winters
- Darrell Britt-Gibson as Bobby Rush
- Lil Rel Howery as Wayne
- Dominique Thorne as Judy Harmon
- Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover
- Amari Cheatom as Collins
- Khris Davis as Steel
Crew
- Shaka King - Director
- Will Berson - Screenplay
- Shaka King - Screenplay
- Will Berson - Story
- Kenneth Lucas - Story
- Keith Lucas - Story
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