Events › Film Screening: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Join us for a screening of the film Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).

This film screening is in conjunction with the closing of the exhibit "All Power to the People," an exhibit celebrating the legacy of the Illinois Black Panther Party on display at the Manning Branch. 

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?

© Warner Bros - 126 minutes - R.

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