Antebellum

film by Bush and Renz [2020]

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Black horror films

  • Get Out
    In Black horror: History of Black horror

    …period, such as the film Antebellum (2020) and the television shows Lovecraft Country and Them, for their seemingly gratuitous depictions of extreme Black trauma.

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    In Black horror: Notable Black horror films

    Antebellum (2020) features a lengthy and horrific opening segment in which a group of enslaved Black people in the South during the American Civil War are beaten, tortured, sexually abused, and killed by Confederate soldiers. The movie pointedly compares the monstrous hatred and violence of…

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Monáe

  • Janelle Monáe
    In Janelle Monáe: Acting career

    …Underground Railroad; the horror film Antebellum (2020); and Glass Onion (2022), the sequel to the Daniel Craig-led murder mystery Knives Out (2019). She also starred in the second season (2020) of the Amazon anthology series Homecoming.

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