Best. Judas and the Black Messiah make history as the first Best Picture nominee with all black producers.

The film’s director and producer Shaka King, as well as Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King made the film about Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and FBI informant William O’Neal. This movie was based on the true story of the FBI’s investigation of the Black Panther Party.The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was formed by Black college students in Oakland. The Black Panthers preached black empowerment and resistance to racist violence. During the FBI raid the leader of the party Fred Hampton was gunned in his bed, along with other members. The family members of Hampton only received a million dollar civil settlement against the police.