Black Zombie

Such a special film. This one is for cinephiles and sociologists and anyone interested in how historical systems bleed into pop culture and perpetuate racist ideology masquerading as entertainment. A dense text. CCFF 2026

Marya E. Gates

ok so they actually are NOT coming to get you Barbra

ohmygod_b3cky

"Stories give us the power to correct histories, to imagine the future, stories give back to us what was taken" Black Zombie recontextualizes the history of zombies in popular media by placing it in its historical Haitian context. It is chronicled through a series of…

Derrick | simiviews

I love zombies & I love critical race theory. Black Zombie does a fantastic job combining the both, which makes a very compelling edutaining documentary about its racist origins, the history & culture of Haiti, and how we got the modern, mainstream zombie. There were only…

McGama

Zombies are the oppressed. Zombies are the enslaved. The fear of zombies started with an inherent fear of blackness and fear of our uprising and payback. What a great study into the origins of the zombie, Haiti’s culture, and ultimately Vodou as a practice, way of life,…

jrockissolid

a must watch if you are a horror fan! wow this was so fascinating and thoroughly well-researched. it's always baffling to see how deeply the roots of colonialism extend into every corner of modern culture. wade davis you will always be a coward

Jaxi

It’s always the French people

Maddox Chen

Black Zombie is the first documentary of its kind to reclaim what the Haitian zombi is and has been for centuries before Hollywood staked its claim. Full review: https://horrorpress.com/reviews/14263/black-zombie-demystifies-the-horror-trope-with-black-history/?amp=1 

Avery Jay

“Haiti is not resilience. Haiti is resistance.” So much to delve into here, in this documentary looking at the origins of the zombie trope, all done with care and style- media literacy, colonial distortions, the power of memory, the act of refusal, the concept of…

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