Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

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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.

• Released: 2021-02-12
• Genres: Drama, History
• Runtime: 2h 5m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 1,778 votes

Directed by Shaka King.

Top cast

• Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton
• LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O'Neal
• Jesse Plemons as Roy Mitchell
• Dominique Fishback as Deborah Johnson
• Ashton Sanders as Jimmy Palmer
• Algee Smith as Jake Winters
• Darrell Britt-Gibson as Bobby Rush
• Lil Rel Howery as Wayne
• Dominique Thorne as Judy Harmon
• Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Judas and the Black Messiah

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Now TV Cinema, HBO Max; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video, Plex; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on JustWatch TV Store, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV

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