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I thought Judas and the Black Messiah was the clear-cut best film at Sundance or in general so far this year, but I was so wrong. At this point, Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield along with the subject matter of Judas and the Black Messiah push it over the top. But CODA is scarily close. Emilia Jones shines as Ruby, the only hearing member of an otherwise deaf family. Her life is slowly turned into a self-induced ultimatum when she…

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“Repeat after me. I AM..... A REVOLUTIONARY.”

Shaka King’s latest outing Judas and the Black Messiah completely FLOORED me. It is easily flawless in its execution, and contains my favorite performance EVER from Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton. Absolutely everything clicks with this feature, and I have just found one of my favorite films of all time. 

Fred Hampton was a leader. A unifier. A true revolutionary in every logical sense of the damn word. And he was unjustly murdered…