Shaka King’s intense, insidious, infuriating biographical drama focuses on the rise to power of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and the betrayal that led to his death at age 21 by the F.B.I., working with informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield). Bill O’Neal was a petty crook, arrested for car theft in Chicago in 1968, using a fake FBI badge. Skilled at impersonation, he’s recruited by FBI agent Roy Martin Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) to infiltrate the Panthers and bring Hampton down. Paranoid FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) knew that charismatic Hampton could unite Chicago street gangs, Puerto Rican groups, even white neo-Confederates, in a multicultural Rainbow Coalition. Since Hampton’s inflammatory rhetoric included exhortations to kill “pigs,” Hoover called the Panthers as “the single greatest threat to our national security.” Utilizing information provided by O’Neal, Hampton was killed on December 4, 1969. Thus, the title’s Biblical allusion. And the predawn raid on Hampton’s apartment—while he was sleeping next to his pregnant girlfriend, poet and speechwriter Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback)—evokes Breonnna Taylor’s murder. Director Shaka King co-wrote the script with Will Berson from Keith & Kenny Lucas’ story. It’s remarkably relevant in contextualizing the current Black Lives Matter movement as it relates to policing and the justice system. “We’ve heard the rallying cry for justice and equality from more voices than ever before,” notes Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out). “As actors, it’s on us to keep our voices raised. To tell our stories —Black stories—and to show these stories are more vital than ever.” Recommended.