Civil rights activist and Black Panther, Fred Hampton was 21 when he was assassinated in his apartment during an FBI raid.
On Tuesday, February 2nd The Critics Choice Association hosted the 3rd Annual Celebration of Black Cinema, via a virtual ceremony, to honor 10 visionary films and 15 actors, producers, and directors of the season.
A true story of an informant in the Black Panther Party, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powerful in performance but mediocre in storytelling.
If you could take a pill and have any supernatural power, would you?
Judas and the Black Messiah honors the life and legacy of Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois Black Panther Party.
In her directorial debut, Jordana Spiro fully embraces the poetic darkness of life, presenting us a compelling, heartbreaking narrative that passionately glows with the seething rage of unfulfilled revenge.