Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

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2019•83 min•DocumentaryHorror

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Meosha Bean

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Ashlee Blackwell

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William Crain

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Rusty Cundieff

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Keith David

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Loretta Devine

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Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.

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