A century ago, Winston Churchill made the case that “history is written by the victors,” but here in the year 2021, even — and sometimes especially — those crushed beneath the boot of authority have found ways to make their side heard.
Every so often, with time, the underdog version of events wins out, putting the lie to the propaganda and spin of those in power.To cite one example, early Christian martyrs oppressed by the Romans went on to write their own history.
With that model in mind, think of director Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” as “The Gospel According to the Black Panther Party,” an intense, infuriating and indisputably timely big-screen retelling of the circumstances under which Illinois Bpp chapter chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) was assassinated by the establishment.
Big screens are in limited supply these days, and the pandemic has pressured Warner Bros.
to reroute this
Read full article