Interview With "Judas And The Black Messiah" Screenwriter, Will Berson

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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"Judas And The Black Messiah" is now playing on HBO Max and in select theaters after premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival to universal acclaim. Co-writer Will Berson was kind enough to talk to us about the process of writing the film, the research that went into it, working with co-writer and director Shaka King and more! The film is now nominated at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild and the Critics Choice Awards and is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards. Check out our interview Will Berson down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcas iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview with the screenwriter for Judas and the Black Messiah, Will Burson.
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