Judas and the Black Messiah—produced by Ryan Coogler, and directed by Shaka King—isn’t just a powerful film, it’s powerfully made too.
We discuss the performances of Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield, the trumpet-driven score composed by Mark Isham and Craig Harris, its framing of revolutionary politics, and its multi-stage appeal.
We also touch upon the lack of similar films in Bollywood—which takes us into Martin Scorsese’s newest (justified) rant on how cinema is being devalued in the name of content.
Judas and the Black Messiah is streaming on HBO Max in the US, and out March 5 in India.
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