‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Shines, but Stings Too

02.17.21

How do you capture the politics and personality of Fred Hampton: Black revolutionary, activist and victim of the US Government’s violence? Writer/Director Shaka King decided to tell the story through the eyes of an FBI informant, sent to infiltrate the Black Panthers and assist in dismantling them.

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