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This screening has reached its registration capacity.

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to watch Judas and the Black Messiah in our Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room, powered by Vision Media. A special pre-recorded conversation with co-writer/director/producer and Film Independent Fellow Shaka King, and actors Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield and Dominique Fishback, moderated by Wesley Lowery (Correspondent, 60 Minutes/CBS News; Contributing Editor, The Marshall Project), is included as part of this screening experience.

FBI informant William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback). Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) commands?

Judas and the Black Messiah is available from Warner Bros. Pictures in select theaters and on HBO Max on February 12.

 
2021, 126 minutes, color | Directed by Shaka King | Written by Will Berson and Shaka King | Story by Will Berson and Shaka King, and Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas | Starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Dominique Thorne and Martin Sheen | Produced by Ryan Coogler, p.g.a.; Charles D. King, p.g.a.; and Shaka King, p.g.a. | Executive Produced by Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler, Kim Roth, Poppy Hanks, Ravi Mehta, Jeff Skoll, Anikah McLaren, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth, Ted Gidlow and Niija Kuykendall

Registration Information

All Film Independent Members can register for this online screening starting at 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 4. | Registration is free; one registration per Membership. | Proof of Member status is required to complete registration.

Arts Circle and Film Lover Members are guaranteed access to this event; email membership@filmindependent.org for more information.

How to Watch

On the first day of screening availability, registered Members (and guests, when applicable) will be emailed a secure link by our partner Vision Media to watch this title in the Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room.

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