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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Directed by
Xavier Burgin
Produced by Ashlee Blackwell and Danielle Burrows
Written by Ashlee Blackwell and Danielle Burrows Based on the book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present by Robin R. Means Coleman
Produced by Ashlee Blackwell and Danielle Burrows
Written by Ashlee Blackwell and Danielle Burrows Based on the book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present by Robin R. Means Coleman
With:
Rusty Cundieff, Ernest R. Dickerson, Robin R. Means Coleman, Tananarive Due, Rachel True, Ken Foree, Keith David, Tony Todd, Paula Jai Parker, Ashlee Blackwell, Mark H. Harris, Tina Mabry, Meosha Bean, Monica Suriyage, Richard Lawson, William Crain, Kelly Jo Minter, Ken Sagoes, Loretta Devine, William Marshall, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., and Jordan Peele
Cinematography:
Mario Ricardo Rodriguez
Editing: Horatiu Lemnei and Scott Strobel
Music: Timothy Day
Editing: Horatiu Lemnei and Scott Strobel
Music: Timothy Day
Runtime:
83 min
Release Date: 07 February 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 07 February 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Though Burgin's casual interview style and choppy structure keep his doc from laying out the comprehensive chronological exploration found in Coleman's academic study of blackness in horror cinema, the salient points about how African-American social history has been represented through images and roles in the oft-dismissed genre land with lasting clarity.