Judas and the Black Messiah | Based on a True Story

Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring this episode. Go to https://curiositystream.com/CynicalHi... and use the code CynicalHistorian for a $14.99 annual subscription Judas and the Black Messiah is a surprisingly good film. It has some troubling inaccuracies, but the movie displays the nuances of this topic in a way that helps us understand it better despite the problems. The Black Panther Party is not an easy topic to cover. The historiography is fairly new, because what came before is riddled with disinformation, but it is worth understanding the history of the Panthers Check out Lynn Burnett’s public history of racial justice website, make sure to check out the resources tab for tons of material: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/ The stuff specifically on the BPP: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/b... chapters 0:00 promo 1:37 intro 2:27 reality 17:32 scholarship 20:09 accuracy 24:14 inaccuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata Bibliography William O'Neil interview:    • willaim o'neil-informant  , full transcript: http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb... FBI files on Fred Hampton: https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/... https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/... https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/... And all of COINTELPRO: https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro Curtis J. Austin, Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/3ffepGj Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013). https://amzn.to/2SjIxrc David Cunningham, There’s Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan, and FBI Counterintelligence (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. https://amzn.to/3hU0iIi Todd Fraley and Elli Lester-Roushanzamir, “Revolutionary Leader or Deviant Thug? A Comparative Analysis of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily Defender’s Reporting on the Death of Fred Hampton,” Howard Journal of Communications 15, iss. 3 (Summer 2004): 147–67. Craig Mcpherson, “You can’t Kill Chairman Fred: Examining the Life and Legacy of a Revolutionary,” Journal of African American Studies 23, Iss. 4 (December 2019): 276-298. Fact checkers: https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/jud... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... https://www.politifact.com/article/20... https://www.historyvshollywood.com/re... ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: race riots:    • Race Riots in US History   Olympics:    • The historic importance of the Olympics   US sports protest:    • A History of Protest in American Sports   ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support the channel through PATREON:   / cynicalhistorian   or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cyni... LET'S CONNECT: Twitch:   / cynicalhistorian   Facebook:   / cynicalcypher88   Subreddit:   / cynicalhistory   Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / cynical_history   ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 American biographical 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #BlackPanthers #FredHampton #review #BasedOnATrueStory