Horror Noire
2021
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All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut. A captivating and eye-opening study of the black experience of horror films (from within the industry...
Feb 11, 2019 · By Bilge Ebiri, a film critic for New York and Vulture. Photo: Shudder. Horror Noire, Shudder’s new documentary about the history of black people in the horror genre, provides an...
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Feb 15, 2019 · ‘Horror Noire’ Review: A Captivating Deep Dive into the History of Black Cinema and the Horror Genre. By Matt Goldberg. Published Feb 15, 2019. Even though it only runs under 90 minutes,...
Probably my biggest criticism of "Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror" is one I don't like in other movies: the length. This fantastic documentary needed to be longer!! Still, at only 83 minutes, it's incredibly paced, well shot and includes so many WONDERFUL movies and performances that the mainstream audience may never have heard of or ...
Feb 21, 2019 · And it is exceptional. Going all the way back to what Black folks consider the first American horror movie — the KKK-approved Birth of a Nation — and exploring the shifting media landscapes since then, Horror Noire takes us on a socio-cultural journey not just into Black horror films, but the violent American history that inspires much of it.
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Xavier Burgin and based on the 2011 non-fiction book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present by Robin R. Means Coleman. The film examines the evolution of the genre of black horror.
