Film Screening: "Judas and the Black Messiah"

Actor Daniel Kaluuya depicting Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in superimposed over a rallying crowd with a red screen. In the foreground is actor LaKeith Stanfield, depicting false BPP member and FBY informant William O'Neal in normal color. White text below reads "Judas and the Black Messiah. You can kill a revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution."

"You can kill a revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution."

The Office of Student Living and College Engagement and the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Student Transitions presents a streamed screening of Judas and the Black Messiah.

The 2021 biographical crime drama by director and screenwriter Shaka King explores the betrayal and eventual death of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Chicago, Illinois, chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late-1960s, by William O'Neal, an FBI informant. The film swept the African-American Film Critics Association Awards, was nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards, was honored as one of the Top 10 Films by the American Film Institute Awards, and took home the Hollywood Critics Association Awards Impact Award.

The film stars Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield. Kaluuya is best known for his work in The Black Panther and Queen & Slim, while Stanfield stars in FX's Atlanta. The pair acted alongside each other in Jordan Peele's Get Out.

Check your Utica College Morning Mention email or PioHub for a link to the film.

Grab some free popcorn in the Strebel Student Center from 6:30 to 7 p.m. before you watch!