Today it was announced that Judas and the Black Messiah will debut at the Sundance Film Festival later this month and Warner Bros. celebrates the news with a new trailer for Shaka King’s new anticipated (and incendiary) drama. Our first sight revolved around Daniel Kaluuya’s vision on the subject of the film, President of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton, and this latest clip expands his world, provoking the complexities of Hampton’s heart call for revolution.
Lakeith Stanfield stars William O’Neal, a career thief who infiltrates the group on the orders of FBI agent Jesse Plemons, who, along with his boss, J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen), hopes a “prevent the appearance of a Bwhat is missing is the messiah. ”What follows is, according to a synopsis, a“ battle ”for O’Neal’s soul, with Hampton’s touching soul. puncturing message O’Neal’s own sense of self-preservation.
Watch the new trailer below:
Judas and the Black Messiah, King’s feature film debut, will hit theaters and HBO Max on February 12 after his Sundance debut.