#shaka king

[ferretfyre]

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

I believe that I'm going to be able to die doing the things I was born for. I believe that I'm going to be able to die high off the people. I believe that I will be able to die as a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle. And I hope that each one of you will be able to die in the international proletarian struggle or you'll be able to live in it. And I think that struggle's going to come. Why don't you live for the people? Why don't you struggle for the people? Why don't you die for the people?

Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah (2020, dir. Shaka King)

[cloudtinn]

"You can murder a revolutionary, but you can’t murder revolution.”

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), dir. Shaka King.

[lyledebeast]

I’ve watched a lot of new (or new to me) movies in the past month, and the one that I’ve thought about and been devasted by the most is Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).  I watch a lot of biopics, and it seems like there are a lot of movies about good people doing brave things and evil people doing terrible things, but not a lot about people who are not evil but do evil things because they don’t want to face the consequences of not doing them.  Apart from J. Edgar Hoover, of whom Martin Sheen somehow gives the most chilling portrayal I’ve ever seen, there isn’t really a villain. Instead, there are tense moments where Bill O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) and Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) realize that what the FBI is asking of them does not align with their personal values. They could refuse, but they very much do not do that.

The most powerful moment for me comes when O’Neal, tearing up, offers Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) a refill, which the audience knows is a pretext for him to administer the drug the FBI has given him.  A refill seems like an odd thing to be shedding tears over, but Fred is not suspicious.  He believes he is going to be arrested soon and that his friend’s tears are a sign of love, which . . . isn’t not true.  After all, Judas loved Jesus.  But he also believes that love makes O’Neal trustworthy, which is definitely not true.

Love and morality aren’t worth very much if one’s actions do not support them. Before the credits roll, the movie tells us that Bill O’Neal committed suicide in 1990.  Like Judas, he faced even worse consequences than the ones he feared. The story, though, does not simply condemn one historical person.  Rather, it centers a kind of person that is far more common throughout history than the likes of Hampton or Hoover.

[proverbialschoolmarm]

[addictivecontradiction]

Judas and the black messiah, 2021

[ruleof3bobby]

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (1947) Grade: B

The more I soak on this film, the more I like it. The casting is obviously good. The script really was clever, interwinds a lot smoothly.

[nrlowe-design]

poster, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

[phantasmagloria]

Storm Stereo 108: FM Trölli, Feb. 22

In light of Black History Month, a movie soundtrack special, with music by black artists that featured in movies by black directors spotlighting the black experience.

Listen back to the Storm Stereo show for Trölli FM, that aired on February 22, 2024. You can tune in every Thursday, 5-6 pm GMT at 103.7 FM on the radio in North Iceland and at trölli.is wherever you are in the world. In light of Black History Month, a movie soundtrack special, with music by black artists that featured in movies by black directors spotlighting the black experience. Featuring…

[roberto-queiroz]

Me arrependi de não ter assistido 'Judas e o messias negro', de Shaka King, na época do Oscar. Filmaço! Foge de maniqueísmo e trata a discussão com todas as distorções que ela possui. E Daniel Kaluuya mereceu sua estatueta de melhor ator.

[divdevdump]

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) dir. Shaka King

[doodlingwren]

If only the original Saint Seiya anime was a 2014-2018 anime series instead of being aired in the 80s-90s, I can only imagine the sheer amount of animation memes that could have been done. Some of the characters are just so perfect for those, like, if this was a more animation-oriented fandom this would totally be a thing.

[blackbrownfamily]

[portraits-of-afrikan-beauty]

[lawesculape]

"You've probably met Alber, the test subject who long ago escaped Punk Hazard. The Seraphims owe their toughness to his lunarian blood." - Vegapunk Shaka

[bottlepiecemuses]

Confirmation That Vegapunk Knows King Brings Up Many Questions

I know that Vegapunk has been shown to be an ethical person, but it also makes me think if Vegapunk crossed a line when it came to Alber or made him a test subject so the government couldn’t exterminate the race fully but it still traumatized him as a kid. Seriously, I now want a more fuller backstory concerning King and Vegapunk to know the answers. 

[addictivecontradiction]

Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021