Judas and the Black Messiah
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.
- Director
- Shaka King
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Judas and the Black Messiah returned 0.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $26M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Feb 12, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
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