Judas and the Black Messiah

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Now in theaters and on HBO Max free.

 

Even though beloved HBO seems to be in an AT&T takeover death spiral, there are a lot of new Warner movies free now (unlike FBI/MLK which came out for King's birthday but had a $6.99 charge to watch). This movie, FBI/MLK, and Trial of the Chicago 7 are of the same time. FBI is a narrated documentary, Chicago 7 is a slightly revisionist story and Judas is a pretty accurate (and revealing) drama of the FBI's murder of Fred Hampton and a few others for fear they would become the feared "Black Messiah".

 

Hampton was especially feared because not only was he very young, but he had successfully assembled a unique Rainbow Coalition of Blacks, poor whites, Puerto Ricans, and others. I like how the movie avoids any documentary aspect and has really good personal drama between the actors. You feel the tension and the fear but also the relationships and the joys. It really is a contender for best movie of the year.

 

 

 

[+ WilliamM]

Exactly how is The Trial of The Chicago Seven slightly revisionist?

 

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New award.

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/16/we-need-to-talk-about-judas/

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