The Messenger was canned in 2009.
The Messenger (2009 film) . The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was in competition at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay and the Berlinale Peace Film Award ' 09 . The Messenger was an early 20th-century political and literary magazine by and for African-American people in the United States .