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The 3 reasons people love Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

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  1. You like learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror.

  2. You enjoy filmmakers and scholars talking about films they love.

  3. You want to discover horror films from decades ago.

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  • 78/522017

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror

    Good for you if you like learning how one scene from 1960 changed horror films.

  • In Search of Darkness2019

    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you grew up on 80s horror tapes.

  • The Celluloid Closet1996

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror
    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you like seeing a century of Hollywood through one lens.

  • I Am Not Your Negro2017

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror
    • filmmakers and scholars talking about films they love

    Good for you if you want Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King through James Baldwin's eyes.

  • Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film2006

    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you love the cheap slashers of the late 1970s and 1980s.

  • Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream2006

    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you love the cinema of the 1970s.

  • Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th2013

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror
    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you love 1980s slasher films and the people who made them.

  • Five Came Back2017

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror
    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you like learning how World War Two was filmed and sold at home.

  • 13th2016

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror

    Good for you if you want to see how a law from 1865 still shapes prisons today.

  • Side by Side2012

    • filmmakers and scholars talking about films they love

    Good for you if you like hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital.

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing2004

    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you like seeing how silent films and classics were put together.

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut2015

    • learning how Black Americans were shown in a century of horror
    • filmmakers and scholars talking about films they love
    • you want to discover horror films from decades ago

    Good for you if you love Hitchcock's classics and want to see them again.

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