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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

7.3 IMDb 96% RT 84/100 MC
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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.

Best Release

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Shaka King

Genre

Drama, History

Sub-Genre

Biopic

Box Office

$5,478,009

Editor's Notes

Note

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Shaka King's film about Fred Hampton with Daniel Kaluuya's Oscar-winning performance. The opening uses footage from Agnes Varda's Black Panther documentary, which Criterion fans appreciated. Not a lot of 4K-specific collector activity around this one yet.

noted Apr 9, 2026

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