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12 lut 2021 · Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton's widow Akua Njeri and son Fred Hampton Jr. were instrumental in bringing the story of "Judas and the Black Messiah" to the screen.
24 kwi 2021 · The film tells the story of Hampton’s activism in Chicago as O’Neal reports his movements to the FBI. Akua Njeri, then Deborah Johnson, was charged after the 1969 raid that killed the father...
13 lut 2021 · Before his death, he was expecting a child with fiancee Deborah Johnson (now known as Akua Njeri), who was with Hampton when he was pulled out of bed and fatally shot. Akua Njeri...
15 mar 2021 · Shaka King and Akua Njeri on the Making of and History Behind ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’. Bakari also talks to Shaka and Akua about Njeri’s role in advising on the film and why Ryan...
23 kwi 2021 · But there’s no one more deserving of credit for it coming to fruition than Akua Njeri—the former Deborah Johnson—who was both betrothed to and pregnant by Hampton on the fateful pre-dawn morning in 1969 when a phalanx of cops and agents besieged their apartment and shot him dead in his sleep.
19 lut 2021 · Shaka King on How the ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Team Earned the Trust of the Black Panthers & Chairman Fred Hampton’s Family. To capture the essence of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton ...
10 lut 2021 · Dominique Fishback, who plays Hampton's partner Deborah Johnson (now Akua Njeri), says she trusted King with Hampton's legacy.