The new film Judas and the Black Messiah, now in theaters and on HBO Max, tells the complicated story of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and William O'Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the group and was ultimately involved in Hampton's killing.
In the latest installment of our monthly film segment The Bigger Picture, Houston Matters producer Joshua Zinn explores the legacies of Hampton and the Black Panthers and reverberations in the current fight for civil rights within the Black Lives Matter movement.
Joining him in the conversation are BLM Houston organizer Brandon Mack and Houston Chronicle film critic Cary Darling.
