Directors Shaka King & Sam Pollard Discuss ‘MLK/FBI,’ ‘Judas & The Black Messiah’ & FBI Hostility Towards Black Civil Rights Leaders [Exclusive]

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Judas and The Black Messiah helmer Shaka King picked up two Oscar nominations this morning for Best Original Screenplay as a co-writer of the Fred Hampton and Bill O’Neal feature, alongside Will Berson, Kenneth Lucas, and Keith Lucas, as well as a Best Picture nomination as a producer on the film. “It was a wonderful surprise. I wasn’t anticipated it,” said King, speaking to Deadline after the nominations were read.

On the Record” about the night in 1990 when she says music mogul Russell Simmons raped her. Jones was a last-minute addition to the film, which features accounts from several women who claim they had been sexually assaulted or attacked by Simmons.

Judas and the Black Messiah screenwriters Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas will be honored with the 2021 Paul Selvin Award during the WGA Awards later this month, the Writers Guild said Wednesday.

Judas And The Black Messiah.The Shaka King-directed film, which came out last month (February 26), details the story of the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) and car thief turned informer William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield).Hoover (Martin Sheen) – who served as the first FBI director, later becoming a controversial figure owing to his abuses of power – orders Hampton’s assassination in the movie.As Deadline reports, Democratic US lawmakers

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Considering that Academy and guild members only had access to screen it immediately before the holidays and the fact it was only widely available on February 12, “Judas and the Black Messiah” has already had a remarkable late awards season run. Star Daniel Kaluuya has been nominated for every major award so far and took home both the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor right in time for AMPAS voting.

Daniel Kaluuya celebrates his Best Supporting Actor win at the 2021 Critics Choice Awards from home on Sunday (March 7).

We recently caught up with Grace and Frankie alum Martin Sheen who got candid and opened up about his upcoming and much-anticipated film Judas and the Black Messiah. The film is slated to release in India on March 5 and has been critically acclaimed by the global audience.

At 70-years-old, filmmaker Sam Pollard has had a massive career spanning five decades as a dedicated chronicler of the Black experienced in America. But it’s arguably just getting its due in a major way and unlike never before (“The phone’s been ringing off the hook,” he said).