Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 45 wins & 89 nominations total
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- TriviaDirector Shaka King has described the initial idea for the film as "The Departed (2006) inside the world of COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program)." He thought it was a clever way to "sort of Trojan-horse a Fred Hampton biopic and introduce the world, you know, a great segment of the world who is unaware of who he was, and is highly unaware of the Panthers' politics and ideology."
- GoofsThe movie's ending sequence includes an information card implying that William O'Neal committed suicide after his PBS interview aired, on 15 January 1990. That isn't accurate. The PBS series 'Eyes on the Prize' did debut on that date, but the O'Neal interview did not air until 9 February, three and a half weeks after O'Neal's suicide. No one knows why O'Neal chose kill himself on 15 January, and his family disputed that his traffic fatality was a suicide. They claimed it was an accident.
- Quotes
Fred Hampton: Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed
- SoundtracksThe Inflated Tear
Written by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Featured review
What a powerful movie.
Back to a time where The FBI, led by J Edgar Hoover is more concerned with The Black Panthers, than the Russians and Chinese. A car thief is corrected into infiltrating The Organisation and reporting back.
This is an incredibly powerful story, a fascinating point in America's history. This film is not afraid to show the violence, racism and prejudice that was very real. It doesn't shy away from showing the brutality, the misery faced by people of colour.
Uncomfortable at times, but it's a gripping watch, this film will hold your attention throughout, it's one of those that passes by, without you questioning the running time.
Shaka King's direction is spot on, this film moves by at a real pace. The cinematography and music are phenomenal, especially the latter.
Daniel Kaluuya, he's one of those people I'm convinced will one day own a string of Oscars, an awe inspiring actor, and naturally he does it again here with a spellbinding performance. Huge credit also to LaKeith Stanfield, marvellous also.
I figure this film may not be to everyone's taste, but I'd certainly recommend it, it really does tell a powerful story. It's inspired me to do a little research and reading of my own.
9/10.
This is an incredibly powerful story, a fascinating point in America's history. This film is not afraid to show the violence, racism and prejudice that was very real. It doesn't shy away from showing the brutality, the misery faced by people of colour.
Uncomfortable at times, but it's a gripping watch, this film will hold your attention throughout, it's one of those that passes by, without you questioning the running time.
Shaka King's direction is spot on, this film moves by at a real pace. The cinematography and music are phenomenal, especially the latter.
Daniel Kaluuya, he's one of those people I'm convinced will one day own a string of Oscars, an awe inspiring actor, and naturally he does it again here with a spellbinding performance. Huge credit also to LaKeith Stanfield, marvellous also.
I figure this film may not be to everyone's taste, but I'd certainly recommend it, it really does tell a powerful story. It's inspired me to do a little research and reading of my own.
9/10.
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Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,478,009
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,027,076
- Feb 14, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $7,478,009
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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