Judas and the Black Messiah

You can kill a revolutionary, but you canʼt kill the revolution.

Fred Hampton, a young, charismatic activist, becomes Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party - putting him directly in the cross-hairs of the government, the FBI, and the Chicago Police. But to destroy the revolution, the authorities are going to need a man on the inside. So Bill O’Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party on behalf of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. The film has already won several awards, and has six Oscar nominations.

126 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Prejudice).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Simon says, “Put your arm up.”

Credits

Cast	Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson
Director	Shaka King
Screenplay	Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenneth Lucas, Keith Lucas
Music	Craig Harris, Mark Isham
Cinematography	Sean Bobbitt
Editing	Kristan Sprague
Sound formats	Dolby Atmos
Soundtrack	Listen to samples or get it right now on Amazon Affiliate link
Made in	2021
Produced by	BRON Studios, Bron Creative, MACRO, Participant, Proximity

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	History
Language	None (sic)
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None (sic)
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for violence and pervasive language
Runtime	126
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 49 critics	17
Rottentomatoes critics 319 critics	17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer An electrifying dramatization of historical events, Judas and the Black Messiah is a forceful condemnation of racial injustice -- and a major triumph for its director and stars.	19
CommonSenseMedia Monique Jones Informative Black Panther drama has violence, language.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy Both timeless and timely.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 161 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 250+ users	18
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	19
IMDB 32567 Netizens	15
The Movie DB Community	15
Average .. 80%	16