Zombie movie doc 'a thank you to Haiti' says director
Maya Annick Bedward says the film reclaims zombie history for Haiti and includes interviews with filmmakers, musicians and Vodou practitioners.
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The new zombie boom should learn something from Black Zombie
With Night Of The Living Dead, director George A. Romero achieved the near-impossible: an independently made, high-minded genre movie that was also a blockbuster success. All horror lovers want hoity-toity adults to admit there’s artistic merit to their bloodlust, and Romero made it undeniable. He invented a genre on his own terms, though “invented” is a slippery term. Titles such as I Walked With A Zombie and White Zombie predate Romero’s film …
Interview: Discussing the Origins of the Zombie with BLACK ZOMBIE’s Maya Annik Bedward
Black Zombie is a must-watch documentary for horror fans. Zombies have been a part of pop culture so long that many people don't know the origin of the zombie and how much our view of zombies has changed through decades of fictional depictions. Filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward does an excellent job of guiding viewers through a time before zombies and flesh-eaters were considered the same thing by most people, bringing Haitian culture, history, and s…
'Black Zombie' Interview: Director Maya Annik Bedward
Opening in select theaters on September 11th is the new documentary 'Black Zombie' from director Maya Annik Bedward , which profiles the roots of zombie mythology in Haitian Vodou and explores its evolution from a metaphor for slavery into a trope of fiction that has distorted Black history. The documentary features new interviews with 'Dawn of the Dead' actor Tom Savini and Slash from Guns N' Roses, as well as scenes from films like 'White Zomb…
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