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The Writers Panel

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Movies, Writing, Screenwriting, Tv, Hollywood

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Shudder TVs first original documentary feature, HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR takes a critical look at a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined and embraced both black filmmakers and black audiences.

This panel discussion followed the premiere screening of Horror Noire and features Ashlee Blackwell (co-writer/producer), Xavier Burgin (director), Tananarive Due (executive producer), Tony Todd (actor, CANDYMAN), William Crain (director, BLACULA), Ken Foree (actor, DAWN OF THE DEAD), Keith David (actor, THE THING) and Rachel True (actor, THE CRAFT).

Moderated by Lisa Bolekaja. Recorded Live at the Egyptian Theater, Hollywood CA. February 1 2019. Presented by American Cinematheque.


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0:00.0

Forever

0:00.9

Dog.

0:03.7

Today's episode is a terrific panel that was recorded at the premiere of horror noir.

0:10.0

Horror Noir is a new documentary on Shudder.

0:13.4

It's out this week.

0:15.7

And it's all about black horror.

0:19.7

It's got experts, including people who are on this panel. And it's really put

0:24.5

together, and it mentions a lot of movies that maybe you haven't heard of, maybe you haven't

0:27.9

thought of in a while, maybe you haven't thought of in the context of the black experience.

0:31.7

So it's really worth a watch on Shudder. I subscribe to Shudder. This is not a paid advertisement. I love Shutter. They have so many

0:40.5

great horror movies that are, it's a really well curated service, and you can get it on,

0:45.9

you know, your Apple TV or whatever from the apps and stuff. I've watched stuff that is really

0:52.2

not available anywhere else. So it's really, it's worth checking out if you're a horror fan.

0:57.0

This panel, as I said, was recorded at the premiere, which was at the Egyptian theater here in Los Angeles, as part of American Cinemathek.

1:04.0

And this episode will also be available on Shutter for Shudder subscribers so people can check it out there.

1:13.0

They do podcasts there. They have a lot of great stuff. That's worth checking out some narrative

1:18.0

podcasts that aren't really available anywhere else. So please, one, subscribe to Shudder.

1:23.8

I think there's like a two-week thing where you can kind of get it free and see what's on there. And two, definitely check out horror noir. It's a great documentary and is a great

1:33.7

conversation about the way that both film and specifically genre and horror films are

1:39.6

finally, finally changing. Enjoy this podcast and my thanks to American Cinematheque

1:44.6

and everyone involved with horror noir for letting me record it.

1:48.3

They write, they talk, and talk about what they write.

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