Question 1

Is Judas and the Black Messiah woke?

Accepted Answer

Judas and the Black Messiah has a woke score of 85/100, which means it is heavily driven by woke themes. The movie pushes Black Panther identity politics and socialist messaging the whole way through. Hampton constantly lectures about fighting capitalism with socialism and calls police pigs. The story frames the FBI and government as evil racist oppressors assassinating Black revolutionaries. The narrative engine runs on racial solidarity and revolutionary Black empowerment against the system.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Judas and the Black Messiah?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Institutional / cultural critique, Political / ideological dialogue. Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

Judas and the Black Messiah

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