Black Zombie

Monday, October 5, 2026•7:00 PM

Directed by Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins as a living metaphor for slavery and a symbol of stolen agency. The film traces the evolution of the zombie from colonial Haiti to contemporary Hollywood through archival footage, vérité scenes, and interviews with cultural historians and genre legends.

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