Kenny and Keith Lucas on ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On today’s weigh in, Larry takes a moment to remember his brother Marc Wilmore (01:00). Later, Larry is joined by twin comedians, actors, and producers Kenny and Keith Lucas to discuss writing ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ (05:30). They also talk about why the Black Lives Matter movement doesn’t have overarching leaders like Fred Hampton (31:00), and much more. Host: Larry Wilmore Guests: Kenny and Keith Lucas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back.
0:07.0	This is Larry Wilmore, you are listening to Black on the Air.
0:11.0	Thank you for choosing this podcast to listen to.
0:14.6	I really appreciate it.
0:16.4	Today's show I'm honored to have a writing, actually a comedy writing pair that are branching
0:23.2	out and are stretching their wings a little.
0:26.9	And they have a film called Judas in the Black Messiah.
0:30.7	It's about the assassination of Fred Hampton, who was the leader with the Chicago wing of
0:36.6	the Black Panther Party back in 1969 and the informant, the FBI informant, who aided
0:43.2	and assisted in that assassination.
0:45.5	And it's a fascinating movie and I talked to those guys about it.
0:48.3	It's a really good conversation.
0:50.4	Really talented duo.
0:51.9	They appeared on my show, the nightly show back in the day.
0:55.4	I'm really proud of those two.
0:57.0	Great conversation.
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