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Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.

2021•2h 5m•7.3/10
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7.3/10(2K)

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.

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Production

MACRO, Bron Studios, Participant, Proximity Media

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya

Fred Hampton

LaKeith Stanfield

LaKeith Stanfield

Bill O'Neal

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

Roy Mitchell

Dominique Fishback

Dominique Fishback

Deborah Johnson

Ashton Sanders

Ashton Sanders

Jimmy Palmer

Algee Smith

Algee Smith

Jake Winters

Darrell Britt-Gibson

Darrell Britt-Gibson

Bobby Rush

Lil Rel Howery

Lil Rel Howery

Wayne

Dominique Thorne

Dominique Thorne

Judy Harmon

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

J. Edgar Hoover

Amari Cheatom

Amari Cheatom

Collins

Khris Davis

Khris Davis

Steel

Ian Duff

Ian Duff

Doc Satchel

Caleb Eberhardt

Caleb Eberhardt

Bob Lee

Robert Longstreet

Robert Longstreet

Leslie Carlyle

Amber Chardae Robinson

Amber Chardae Robinson

Betty Coachman

Ikechukwu Ufomadu

Ikechukwu Ufomadu

Walter Hicks

James Udom

James Udom

Compton

Nick Fink

Nick Fink

Fesperman

Mell Bowser

Tex

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