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Judas and the Black Messiah

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

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.

20212h 5mRDrama, History

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About Judas and the Black Messiah

Directors
Shaka King
Cast
Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith
Genres
Drama, History
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
Canada, United States of America
Status
Released

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