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Black History Film Series – Judas & the Black Messiah

August 24, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film  about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black  Panther Party in late-1960s Chicago, by William O’Neal (played by LaKeith Stanfield), an FBI informant. Jesse  Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Algee Smith, Dominique  Thorne, and Martin Sheen also star. The film is directed and produced by Shaka King, who wrote the screenplay  with Will Berson, based on a story by the pair and Kenny and Keith Lucas.

An enlightening discussion about San Antonio’s student activists will immediately follow the film.

 

ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

Details

Date:
August 24, 2023
Time:
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Website:
https://saaacam.ticketing.veevartapp.com/tickets/view/list/black-history-film-series-2023

Organizer

SAAACAM
Website:
https://saaacam.org/

Venue

Magik Theatre
Downtown/Hemisfair, 420 South Alamo
San Antonio, TX 78205 United States
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Phone:
210-227-2751
Website:
https://www.magiktheatre.org