The Lucas Bros. & Lil Rel - Judas and the Black Messiah

The Tight Rope

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Society & Culture

5 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Today's Tight Rope Special Edition features the Lucas Brothers -- co-writers for the new film JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH -- and actor Lil Rel Howery who had a powerful cameo in the film. JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH -- directed by Shaka King and produced by Ryan Coogler and Charles King -- tells the story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal. The film stars Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, Lakeith Stanfield as William O’Neal, Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover, and JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH is set to premiere in theaters and on HBO Max February 12th. www.judasandtheblackmessiah.com/ Become a member of our Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can join at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod Full video versions at https://youtube.com/therealnews Previous episodes at https://youtube.com/thetightropepod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightrop... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-yt Sign up for our newsletter: hhttps://therealnews.com/sign-up-yt Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews Credits: Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope, #CornelWest, #TriciaRose, #SpkerBoxMedia #JudasAndTheBlackMessiah

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0:00.0	Hey, we are the Lucas Broads and we're on the typework.
0:06.0	We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment.
0:14.0	How do we tell this story in a way that builds the kind of emotional momentum that colorblind ideology built.
0:24.2	So many young brothers and sisters of the younger generation find themselves so far removed in the best of their past.
0:29.0	What are we going to make out of the nothing we've been given?
0:33.2	How do you envision possibility?
0:40.3	Hey, Cornell, today's episode is such a special episode because we are here today with the Lucas Brothers, the co-writers for the new film, Judas and the Black Messiah.
0:51.2	And also we're here with actor Lil Wail Howary, who had a powerful cameo in the film.
0:56.4	Judas and the Black Messiah,
0:58.1	directed by Shaka King and producer Ryan Coogler and Charles King,
1:02.2	tells the story of Fred Hampton,
1:04.9	chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party
1:06.9	and the story of his betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neill.
1:11.7	The film stars Daniel Kaluya as Fred Hampton,
1:14.6	Lekeith Stanfield is William O'Neill, Martin Sheen as Jay Edgar Hoover,
1:19.0	and the film, Judith and the Black Messiah,
1:21.0	is set to premiere in theaters and on HBO Max on February 12th.
1:29.1	Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton, the Illinois Black Panther Party.
1:34.9	Repeat after me.
1:38.4	I am a revolutionary.
1:41.3	A revolutionist.
1:42.4	I am.
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