Horror Noire Documentary Q&A
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1. What is the film “The Birth of a Nation” about?
2. The film states, “It sets up Black life and culture as so deficient and so deviant,
and I think that we see that kind of history informing race relationships even
today.” What does she mean by this?
3. What is important about the wedding scene mentioned in the documentary?
4. What were the initial roles for Black actors? Why did these roles disappear in the
fifties and sixties?
5. What movie released in 1968 and why was its main actor a revolutionary choice?
6. Why would Duane Jones killing white zombies horrify racist crowds during the
late sixties?
7. “Night of the living dead is important because for the first time we’re not just
the…” (finish the sentence).
Horror Noire Documentary Q&A
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8. What historical event happened while Romero was transporting the films reels for
The Night of the Living Dead? (who was killed?)
9. What was problematic about the depictions of Black culture in Blaxploitation films
of the early 70s?
10. How does the film Blacula open? What is Count Blacula arguing for?
11. What is important about the couples in the dance scene in Blacula? (Hint: Why
did they have to be rearranged? )
12. What does the film say about voodoo and Black culture? How is it used?
13. What is the Tuskegee experiment? How long did it last?