Academy Award nominee Shaka King named Honorary Chair of 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards
$75,000 in grants given by Premier Sponsor Genesis Motor North America Film Independent has named filmmaker Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah) as its... Read More
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Interview: Dominique Fishback’s emotional journey through ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ [VIDEO]
Graduating from Pace University with a degree in theater, Dominique Fishback officially entered the acting game in 2013 in a small role in Steven Soderbergh’s The... Read More
Interview: Shaka King on creating ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Directed by Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of Fred Hampton’s betrayal in great detail. As an activist, Hampton aimed to... Read More
Film Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powered by a fiery and brilliant performance from Daniel Kaluuya
The giants of the Civil Rights movement of the ‘60s could be considered America’s original Avengers, and perhaps there is no better representative of their... Read More
Sundance announces Conversations with Rita Moreno, Questlove, Robin Wright and more
The lineup for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, taking place on a Sundance-built and feature-rich online platform, goes well beyond feature and short films, episodic... Read More
New trailer for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Hot off the heels of the announcement that Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah will world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Warner... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
Florian Zeller (The Father) and George C. Rolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) move up into the top 10 this month as Ron Howard (Hillbilly Elegy)... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)
A tale of two Kings…and two Lees. Regina King’s One Night in Miami will land in Venice and Toronto, and presumably other fall festivals like... Read More
Trailer: Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
“You can murder a revolutionary, but you can’t murder a revolution!” Warner Bros has released the first trailer for the Ryan Coogler-produced Judas and the... Read More
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