Oscars 2021: Daniel Kaluuya wins Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah
3 years, 7 months ago

Oscars 2021: Daniel Kaluuya wins Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah

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“You gave me your factory settings. So I could stand at my fullest height,” Daniel Kaluuya said while thanking his mother during his acceptance speech Hollywood star Daniel Kaluuya won best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. Kaluuya played Chicago Black Panther activist Fred Hampton, who was killed in an FBI raid in 1969. This is the first Academy Award for Kaluuya, who is best known for movies such as Get Out, Black Panther and Queen & Slim. Judas and the Black Messiah also features Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders and Martin Sheen.

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Daniel Kaluuya wins supporting actor, his 1st Oscar
3 years, 7 months ago

Daniel Kaluuya wins supporting actor, his 1st Oscar

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Daniel Kaluuya used a lead role to win a best supporting actor Oscar. Kaluuya won his first Academy Award on Sunday night for playing one of the two title roles in “Judas and the Black Messiah.” In a quirk of the nominating process, LaKeith Stanfield, who played the “Judas” of the title — William O’Neal who betrayed …

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ movie review: Daniel Kaluuya leads an incandescent cast in this electrifying drama
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ movie review: Daniel Kaluuya leads an incandescent cast in this electrifying drama

The Hindu  

One of the things that ran through my mind watching the terrifically thrilling Judas and the Black Messiah was how young some of the players are in this horrific tragedy. Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, was only 21 when he was assassinated and Bill O’Neal, 17 when he was recruited by the …

Judas and the Black Messiah movie review: And the Oscar must go to Daniel Kaluuya
3 years, 9 months ago

Judas and the Black Messiah movie review: And the Oscar must go to Daniel Kaluuya

Hindustan Times  

Judas and the Black Messiah arrives at the tail end of what will be seen, in the future, as a particularly pivotal few months for Black filmmaking. Judas and the Black Messiah movie review: Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from Shaka King's film. Directed with style and sheer brute force by Shaka King, the terrifically titled film tells the parallel …

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ makes personal impact on cast
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ makes personal impact on cast

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The stars of “Judas and the Black Messiah” found their own lives transformed as they immersed themselves in the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Dominique Fishback’s conversations with Hampton’s then-fiancee Akua Njeri taught her “who I wanted to be the most.” And LaKeith Stanfield said he struggled through self-doubt and panic attacks while portraying an …

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