![]() ![]() ![]() As are many people.ĭEADLINE: As the filmmakers shaped the characters and narrative, what were your biggest concerns they needed to get right? Warner Bros But for the most part, we were very pleased with the movie, with the outcome. We had a lot of debates, arguments, fights. It really clicked well and we went for doing the movie. They convinced us they were here to learn, and not to tell us who the Black Panther Party was, or who we were. They had never been to Chicago that I knew, and went at 2AM and it just happened to be at a time when people were killed. They went to an area in K-Town in Chicago. Chairman Fred Jr asked someone to tour the worst neighborhood in Chicago, and they did. It went to one or two in the morning, and I learned a lot from Daniel who he was. I met Ryan and Daniel, Dominique, Shaka and everybody and we had a seven hour meeting. We had a meeting at the Hampton House, which we are trying to save as a museum. He had met Ryan Coogler previously, at a flea market, and they had some discussion about everything but the movie because it wasn’t in the mix yet. NJERI: The Black Panther Party, which is chaired by Fred Hampton Jr, our committee met and discussed it. What made you say yes to bringing that tragic night to the forefront? Save Your Soul' - Scene 2 Seen PodcastĭEADLINE: It is hard for many to imagine that the targeted assassination of Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah could happen to an American citizen. The film is up for six Oscars: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Song, Cinematography, and Best Supporting Actor for its leads Daniel Kaluuya (Fred Hampton) and LaKeith Stanfield (O’Neal).Īdamme and Adanne Ebo With Daniel Kaluuya Discuss The Inspiration For 'Honk For Jesus. Here, Njeri explains why it was important to the legacies of Hampton Sr, and the Black Panthers, even though it meant seeing that painful night reenacted. Njeri and the son she gave birth to shortly after, Fred Hampton Jr, are the flame keepers of Chairman Fred’s memory, and they placed their faith in King and co-producers Ryan Coogler and Charles King to relive Hampton’s live as a revolutionary. They tossed aside the heavily pregnant Johnson (played by Dominique Fishback), and then gunned down Hampton (who’d been slipped a sedative by confidante/FBI informant William O’Neal) as part of the FBI Cointel program. Through the Shaka King-directed Judas and the Black Messiah, the tragic events of that evening are detailed in a gory scene in which FBI and local law enforcement agents burst through the door where they and 10 others slept. Back on December 4, 1969, Akua Njeri was Deborah Johnson, a 19-year old who was more than eight months pregnant with the child of her fiance Fred Hampton, the Chairman of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party. ![]()
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