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title: 'Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shaka King'
released: '2021-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/judas-and-the-black-messiah-2021'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

2021 · R · 126 min · History · United States


## Synopsis

Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 biographical historical crime drama film directed and produced by Shaka King, who wrote the screenplay with Will Berson, based on a story by the pair and Kenny and Keith Lucas. The film is about the betrayal of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in late 1960s Chicago, by William O'Neal, an FBI informant. Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Algee Smith, Dominique Thorne, and Martin Sheen also star.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shaka King](https://cinepixo.com/people/shaka-king)
- **Screenplay:** [Shaka King](https://cinepixo.com/people/shaka-king), [Will Berson](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-berson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Isham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-isham)
- **Producer:** [Charles D. King](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-d-king)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sean Bobbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bobbitt)

## Cast

- [Amari Cheatom](https://cinepixo.com/people/amari-cheatom) as Rod Collins
- [Dominique Fishback](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-fishback) as Akua Njeri
- [Dominique Thorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-thorne) as Judy Harmon
- [Jesse Plemons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-plemons) as Roy Mitchell
- [Darrell Britt-Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/darrell-britt-gibson) as Bobby Rush
- [Daniel Kaluuya](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-kaluuya) as Fred Hampton
- [Algee Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/algee-smith) as Jake Winters
- [Terayle Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/terayle-hill) as George W. Sams, Jr.
- [LaKeith Stanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/lakeith-stanfield) as William O'Neal
- [Martin Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sheen) as J. Edgar Hoover
- [Ashton Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashton-sanders) as Jimmy Palmer
- [Jermaine Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jermaine-fowler) as Mark Clark
- [Lil Rel Howery](https://cinepixo.com/people/lil-rel-howery) as Wayne
- [Nicholas Velez](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-velez) as José Jiménez

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Official site: https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/judas-and-black-messiah
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/judas-and-the-black-messiah-2021
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