JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH at PAFF 2021

Judas and the Black Messiah Key Art

Director: Shaka King
Writers: Shaka King and Will Berson
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback
Rating: R
Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
Genre:  Biography, Drama, History
Language: English

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? Inspired by true events, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Rating: R
Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
Distributor: Worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with MACRO/Participant/BRON Creative, a MACRO Media/Proximity Production, a Film by Shaka King
Director: Shaka King marking his studio feature film directorial debut.
Writers: Shaka King and Will Berson
Co-writers: Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
Producers: Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King
Co-Executive Producers: Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler, Kim Roth, Poppy Hanks, Ravi Mehta, Jeff Skoll, Anikah McLaren, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth, Ted Gidlow, and Niija Kuykendall
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Martin Sheen,   Algee Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Dominique Thorne, Amari Cheatom, Caleb Eberhard, Lil Rel Howery
Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt
Editor: Kristan Sprague
Composer: Craig Harris and Mark Isham
Production Designer: Sam Lisenco
Costume Designer: Charlese Antoinette Jones