Daniel Kaluuya is offering a powerful performance that could make him an Oscar nominee this season of awards, as shown in the new trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah.
Kaluuya (Get Out) portrays the iconic Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was betrayed by FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), who infiltrated the group as part of ‘an agreement.
When he comes to power within the Black Panther party and is seen as a threat to the U.S. government, he is also preparing to start a family with his fiancée Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback).
Black Messiah: Daniel Kaluuya offers a powerful performance that could make him an Oscar nominee this season of awards, as shown in the new trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas: Kaluuya (Get Out) portrays the iconic Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was betrayed by FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), who infiltrated the group as part of a plea agreement
The trailer begins with Deborah telling Fred, “I want to share something with you,” while she begins reciting a poem to Fred.
“Like the masses, I was frightened when I looked at all the things you are,” she begins, as we watch images of Hampton arrive at an event where she delivers a powerful speech.
“When I heard that speech, I knew we were going to make noise. I just thought it would be on the street, ”he continues.
Poem: The trailer begins with Deborah telling Fred, “I want to share something with you,” while she begins reciting a poem to Fred
Speech: “Like the masses, I was frightened when I looked at all the things you are,” he begins, as we watch images of Hampton arrive at an event in which he delivers a powerful speech.
We also hear FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) proclaim in front of a room full of agents that the Black Panthers “are the greatest threat to our national security.
“Our counterintelligence program should prevent the appearance of a Black Messiah,” Hoover adds, as FBI agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) watches the crowd.
Mitchell tells O’Neal in an interrogation room that he faces 18 months for the stolen car plus five years to impersonate a federal officer, “or you can go home.”
J. Edgar: We also hear FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) proclaim in front of a room full of agents that the Black Panthers “are the greatest threat to our national security.”
Threat: “Our counterintelligence program must prevent the appearance of a black Messiah,” Hoover adds, as FBI agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) watches the crowd
Interrogation: Mitchell tells O’Neal in an interrogation room he faces 18 months for the stolen car plus five years to impersonate a federal officer, “or you can go home.”
O’Neal becomes Mitchell’s eyes and ears within the Black Panther party, as he has been told, “get close to Hampton.”
Hampton is seen uttering another bold direction where he reveals that he is the Black Panther, “forming a rainbow coalition of oppressed brothers and sisters of all colors,” while black and white respond to his message.
Hampton is heard to say, ‘Right now America is on fire, and until it goes extinct, nothing else means anything damn. Imagine what we can achieve together. We can heal this whole city.
Come on: O’Neal becomes Mitchell’s eyes and ears within the Black Panther party, as he is told, “Come closer to Hampton.”
Heal: He hears Hampton say, ‘America is on fire now, and until it goes extinct, nothing else means anything damn good. Imagine what we can achieve together. We can cure this whole city ‘
O’Neal is seen again in an interrogation room with Mitchell, and O’Neal makes it clear: “They’re not terrorists.”
One of Hampton’s close associates tells him, “We have a rat,” as O’Neal worries that he’s been exposed, though Mitchell says, “no one knows your identity.”
Johnson continues his poem in the midst of an armed battle with Chicago police, adding intensely, “We shout, we shout, and we live for this hymn, but it is a power for people worth rescuing.”
Non-terrorists: O’Neal is seen again in an interrogation room with Mitchell, with O’Neal making it clear: “These are not terrorists.”
Hampton responds to the poem by telling Johnson, “When I dedicate my life to people, I dedicate my life,” apparently knowing his fate before it happened.
Johnson argues that he gets to “go out and talk about dying from a revolutionary death because you don’t have another person growing inside your body.”
The trailer ends with Hampton telling O’Neal, “Wherever there are people, there is power.”
Life: Hampton responds to the poem by telling Johnson, “When I dedicate my life to people, I dedicate my life,” apparently knowing his fate before it happened.
Growing up: Johnson argues that you get to “go out and talk about dying from a revolutionary death because you don’t have another person growing up inside your body.”
Hampton was just 21 years old when he was killed in December 1969 in a pre-dawn raid on his Chicago apartment, just 25 days before his son Fred Jr. was born.
Shaka King (Newlyweds, High Maintenance) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Will Berson (Scrubs).
Warner Bros. will launch Judas and the Black Messiah in theaters and HBO Max broadcast service simultaneously on February 12th.
Death: Hampton was just 21 years old when he was murdered in December 1969 in a pre-morning raid on his Chicago apartment, just 25 days before he denied his son Fred Jr.
Release: Warner Bros. will release Judas and the Black Messiah in theaters and HBO Max broadcast simultaneously on February 12