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Judas and the Black Messiah

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

2021 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by Shaka King · Canada · Canadian Cinema
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Cast

LaKeith Stanfield Daniel Kaluuya Jesse Plemons Dominique Fishback Ashton Sanders Algee Smith

Credits

Written by: Will Berson

Plot

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover.

Sinekatalog’s take

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) is a Canadian drama directed by Shaka King. It stars LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya and Jesse Plemons. It runs 125 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Awards

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (116,465 votes)
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