The nominations for the 2021 Costume Designers Guild Awards — recognizing excellence in film, TV and short-form costume design — were unveiled on Thursday.
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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen cinematographer Sean Bobbitt (“12 Years a Slave”) was shooting Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” he looked at more than 300 photos from the period and watched documentaries of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton speaking to crowds to see how Hampton was framed.“There were several references that Shaka had shown me, including a documentary with Fred speaking,” Bobbitt says.
“It’s a shot from below the eye-line, and Shaka said, that’s where we need to end
.The nominations for the 2021 Costume Designers Guild Awards — recognizing excellence in film, TV and short-form costume design — were unveiled on Thursday.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn “Judas and the Black Messiah,” LaKeith Stanfield plays William O’Neal, the FBI informant recruited to infiltrate the Illinois Black Panther Party.Costume designer Charlese Antoinette Jones breaks down how she wanted to present O’Neal in the film’s opening scenes, and what shows influenced one of his early looks when we first meet his character.
In director Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah, Dominique Fishback plays Deborah Johnson, the fiancee of Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) and mother to his son, who was born just weeks after the activist was assassinated in Chicago in 1969 at age 21.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” the sound of the 1960s is an authentic and riveting one.As King tells the story of Illinois Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya) and his betrayal by an FBI informant, the key for the sound team was to not just be authentic, but also to find a soundscape that was naturalistic.
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.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAside from being well-made and effective as a movie, Warner Bros.’ “Judas and the Black Messiah” has a goal: to counter decades of government lies about the Black Panther Party.The party was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, and ceased operations in 1982. The film, which started streaming Feb.
“You did me dirty!” said actor Daniel Kaluuya after the audio finally kicked in after he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his amazing turn as Chairman Fred Hampton in the Shaka King-directed Judas and the Black Messiah.
(Spoiler alert: This article discusses the ending of “Judas and the Black Messiah”)Director Shaka King’s late-breaking awards hopeful “Judas and the Black Messiah” was filmed almost entirely in Cleveland with veteran cinematographer Sean Bobbitt (“12 Years a Slave”) operating the camera.
Clayton Davis Voting continues for the Directors Guild of America Awards, and this year presents one of the most diverse options for members to choose from. Two of those contenders include Shaka King (Warner Bros’ “Judas and the Black Messiah”) and George C.
Filmmaker Shaka King realized early on that the only way to get a major Hollywood studio interested in the story of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton was to make a film that was part biopic and part genre. His theory proved correct.
Judas And The Black Messiah.Stanfield, who portrays FBI informant William O’Neal in the film, said he found playing the role of the bad guy so mentally and physically taxing that he ended up seeking help.The actor highlighted a cut scene where he has to poison Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) as an example.
Angelique Jackson To capture the essence of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, “Judas and the Black Messiah” director Shaka King couldn’t just read a few history books. He had to put boots on the ground.
One Night in Miami,” Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” serve as a triptych of the Black experience, inviting viewers inside the great debates that accompanied an earlier generation’s fight for equality.
EXCLUSIVE: The Black Reel Awards (BRAs), an annual event that recognizes the excellence of African-Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora in the global film industry, has unveiled the nominees for its 21st annual awards ceremony. The event, hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF), will take place on April 11 virtually across several media platforms.
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Clayton Davis The Writers Guild of America Awards announced their nominations where big boosts were given to films like “Judas and the Black Messiah” from Shaka King, “Palm Springs” from Max Barbakow and “The White Tiger” from Ramin Bahrani.Missing from the lineup, that was eligible, are “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” in the original screenplay category and “First Cow” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” in the adapted.The full list of nominations is below:ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The long Presidents' Day holiday weekend is always interesting at the box office, and this year is no different even without a Hollywood blockbuster. In a surprise twist, Universal's animated pic The Croods: A New Age appears to have narrowly won the holiday frame in its 12th weekend, beating newcomer Judas and the Black Messiah.
Seven years ago, writer, director and producer Shaka King accepted the Film Independent Someone to Watch Award for his quirky comedic debut, Newlyweeds. After years directing shorts and episodes of TV shows Shrill, High Maintenance and People of Earth, the 40-year-old filmmaker returns to the big screen.