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Podcast: Vulgar Geniuses
Episode: Judas and the Black Messiah
Description: Director Shaka King reunites Get Out stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield as they deliver Oscar worthy performances in the biopic π±ππ
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πππ π©ππππ π΄ππππππ. Stanfield plays William OβNeil, a car thief turned informant for the FBI sent in to infiltrate the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Kaluuya plays 21 year old activist Fred Hampton serving as Chairman of the political movement. This dramatic story retells the moments leading up to the assassination of Fred Hampton, and how the FBI used informants to tear down one of the most powerful movements in Americaβs History.