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Description: Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring this episode. Go to curiositystream.com/CynicalHistorian 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: crossculturalsolidarity.com The stuff specifically on the BPP: crossculturalsolidarity.com/black-panther-party-resources 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: youtu.be/uSjYd35nF5s, full transcript: digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/one5427.1047.125williamo%27neal.html FBI files on Fred Hampton: vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/Fred%20Hampton%20Part%2001%20of%2003/view vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/Fred%20Hampton%20Part%2002%20of%2003/view vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/fred-hampton-part-03-of-03/view And all of COINTELPRO: 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). 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). amzn.to/2SjIxrc David Cunningham, _There’s Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan, and FBI Counterintelligence_ (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 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: slate.com/culture/2021/02/judas-black-messiah-true-story-fred-hampton-accuracy.html smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-judas-and-black-messiah-180976975 politifact.com/article/2021/apr/14/fact-checking-judas-and-black-messiah historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/judas-and-the-black-messiah ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: race riots: youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhM Olympics: youtu.be/WHGYFmK5t9U US sports protest: youtu.be/ZZ6L9amWHY8 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/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