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Omnislasher
02/21/21 4:00:15 PM
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It's a great film that actually does justice to some important and often overlooked (read: suppressed) American history. You should watch it right away if you haven't seen it.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/judas_and_the_black_messiah

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DD Divine
02/21/21 4:25:57 PM
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Very good film. Important American facts that are omitted in class.

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TendoDRM
02/21/21 4:29:07 PM
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Started it last night actually, awesome so far.

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codey
02/21/21 4:32:07 PM
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Not yet. We started Lovecraft Country last night and are gonna finish it before starting a movie.

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Omnislasher
02/22/21 2:17:20 PM
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up
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HBKick18
02/22/21 2:18:31 PM
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yeah and it was excellent

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Smashingpmkns
02/22/21 2:19:12 PM
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Waiting to watch it with my brother. I really want to see it tho.
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BeantownHero
02/22/21 2:24:04 PM
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my take on the matter

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Omnislasher
02/22/21 2:55:38 PM
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yeah it's an accurate depiction of an important historical period in which downtrodden and oppressed people (of all races, mind) banded together to empower themselves but okay, you are entitled to your take even if i think it's stupid af.
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BeantownHero
02/22/21 2:57:18 PM
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Balrog0
02/22/21 2:58:35 PM
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Absolutely not

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BeantownHero
02/22/21 2:59:20 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
It's a pretty stupid fucking take since it's literally about a guy who got killed because he decided to put together a coalition of the oppressed to fight back.

I'm sorry I'm not interested in another big screen depiction of a victim of the civil rights movement. I'd like black actors to be afforded more diversity in big ticket movies

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Omnislasher
02/22/21 3:10:34 PM
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BeantownHero posted...
I'd like black actors to be afforded more diversity in big ticket movies

and to your thinking, this ambition, and the creation of a film whose purpose is to bring the story of Fred Hampton to more people's attention, are mutually exclusive? if so, could you explain why?
do you know anything about this film or the filmmakers? this is the culmination of 5+ years' of hard work by people committed to the cause of justice. you seem to be choosing to believe it's some form of black exploitation.
the director's explicit goal with this film is to challenge dominant narratives by presenting competitively compelling counter-narratives using the mass appeal and mass access that big budget hollywood affords.
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BeantownHero
02/22/21 3:56:28 PM
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Omnislasher posted...
and to your thinking, this ambition, and the creation of a film whose purpose is to bring the story of Fred Hampton to more people's attention, are mutually exclusive? if so, could you explain why?
do you know anything about this film or the filmmakers? this is the culmination of 5+ years' of hard work by people committed to the cause of justice. you seem to be choosing to believe it's some form of black exploitation.
the director's explicit goal with this film is to challenge dominant narratives by presenting competitively compelling counter-narratives using the mass appeal and mass access that big budget hollywood affords.

you're misinterpreting my reluctance to see it. Its gets too emotionally draining to keep seeing films made of this nature.


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Heavy_D_Forever
02/22/21 3:57:07 PM
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Looks really boring tbh

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averagejoel
02/22/21 4:12:54 PM
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I haven't seen it. might watch it, but I'm not in a hurry to.

I think this review of it is pretty good though:
https://www.vulture.com/article/judas-and-the-black-messiah-movie-review-hbo-max.html

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Giant_Aspirin
02/22/21 4:16:29 PM
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just watched it yesterday. it was good and i learned about yet another flat out assassination by the FBI

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Giant_Aspirin
02/22/21 4:17:06 PM
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averagejoel posted...
I haven't seen it. might watch it, but I'm not in a hurry to.

I think this review of it is pretty good though:
https://www.vulture.com/article/judas-and-the-black-messiah-movie-review-hbo-max.html

it's only gonna be streaming on HBOMax for a month

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Smackems
02/22/21 4:17:22 PM
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I don't want to

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Omnislasher
02/22/21 4:28:29 PM
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averagejoel posted...
I haven't seen it. might watch it, but I'm not in a hurry to.

I think this review of it is pretty good though:
https://www.vulture.com/article/judas-and-the-black-messiah-movie-review-hbo-max.html

here's another review:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/judas-black-messiah-fred-hampton-film-review

might not match your prejudgment
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Parappa09
02/22/21 5:22:11 PM
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i just finished watching it

great film. i think it helped that hampton is one of few people that i idolise

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CommonStar
02/22/21 5:24:52 PM
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averagejoel posted...
I think this review of it is pretty good though:
https://www.vulture.com/article/judas-and-the-black-messiah-movie-review-hbo-max.html
This is a really good review of it. Pretty similar to how I felt about it.
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