The film-makers behind Horror Noire discuss the progress of black characters from being portrayed as something to fear to leading genre hits
Get Out starts with a familiar trope – the audience sees Lakeith Stanfield’s character walking through a bland suburb before being thrown into a car and driven away. At first glance, a black man is the first to die. The twist, we find out later on, if that at least part of him survives.
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