Judas And The Black Messiah (2020)

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Synopsis

Dir: Shaka King. Drama/Biography. After being caught for car theft, William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) is made to infiltrate The Black Panther Party for the FBI.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and ethno-cultural slurs
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence, some in civil rights or assassination contexts -some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• The U.S. Civil Rights movement
• Conspiracy and betrayal
• Guilt and remorse

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and coarse language

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