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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

  • 20192019
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  • 1h 23m
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
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A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
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1.9K
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    • Xavier Burgin
    • Robin R. Means Coleman(based on the book "Horror Noire" by)
    • Ashlee Blackwell
    • Danielle Burrows
  • Stars
    • Rusty Cundieff
    • Ernest R. Dickerson
    • Robin R. Means Coleman
    • Xavier Burgin
    • Robin R. Means Coleman(based on the book "Horror Noire" by)
    • Ashlee Blackwell
    • Danielle Burrows
  • Stars
    • Rusty Cundieff
    • Ernest R. Dickerson
    • Robin R. Means Coleman
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    • 47Critic reviews
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    Rusty Cundieff
    Rusty Cundieff
    • Self - Director, Tales from the Hood
    Ernest R. Dickerson
    Ernest R. Dickerson
    • Self - Director, Bones, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
    Robin R. Means Coleman
    • Self - Author
    • (as Robin R. Means Coleman PhD)
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    Jordan Peele
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    Tananarive Due
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    Rachel True
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    Ken Foree
    Ken Foree
    • Self - Actor, Dawn of the Dead
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Self - Actor, The Thing
    Tony Todd
    Tony Todd
    • Self - Actor, Candyman
    Paula Jai Parker
    Paula Jai Parker
    • Self - Actor, Tales from the Hood
    Ashlee Blackwell
    • Self - Graveyardshiftsisters.com
    Mark H. Harris
    • Self - Blackhorrormovies.com
    Tina Mabry
    Tina Mabry
    • Self - Writer…
    Meosha Bean
    Meosha Bean
    • Self - Filmmaker
    Monica Suriyage
    Monica Suriyage
    • Self - Filmmaker
    Richard Lawson
    Richard Lawson
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    William Crain
    • Self - Director, Blacula
    Kelly Jo Minter
    Kelly Jo Minter
    • Self - Actor, The People Under the Stairs
      • Xavier Burgin
      • Robin R. Means Coleman(based on the book "Horror Noire" by)
      • Ashlee Blackwell
      • Danielle Burrows
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      Features The Birth of a Nation (1915)

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    10/10
    Horror Noir.
    Playing YouTube channel Double Toasted review of Soul Plane in background, they mentioned about the video being sponsored by Shudder,and gave a free 30 day code. Being in lockdown and having wanted to sign up to the service for ages, this looked like the perfect time to sign up. Being a title I saw get praised by RedLetterMedia, I decided my first Shudder viewing would go back to the history of Horror.

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    Going right back to the horrors of The Birth of a Nation (1915) in his feature film debut, director Xavier Burgin lays out a fascinating canvas on the progression of black Horror cinema history, from Spencer Williams kicking against the system to get the first "Black Horror" made in Son of Ingagi (1940) and the ground breaking work of George Romero, to the wave of Blaxploitation and black Horror cinema of the 2012.

    Criss-crossing the clips with interviews of the cast/crew from some of the films and academics, Burgin combines production tales with fascinating academic interpretations of highlighted films. From the Tuskegee syphilis experiment being referenced in Blxploitation films and Bill Gunn using the Horror genre for the deeply personal Ganja & Hess (1973), to Candyman (1992) and the magnificent The Girl with All the Gifts (2016-also reviewed), in bringing to light the history of black Horror.
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      • February 7, 2019 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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