
Doctor Dahna lives with her mother Ayana in Kenya, where she runs the children's aid organization Hekima Foundation. When Ayana is dying, she reveals one last secret to her daughter: her biological father is Victor Frey, the famous head of a large beauty company. After the loss of her mother, Dahna travels to Germany to get to know her father better. There, however, she encounters a completely alien world. Although her father welcomes her with open arms, his life is characterized by luxury, glamour and money, unlike hers. In memory of Ayana, Victor decides to launch his new perfume under her name. After he uses almost any means necessary, Dahna realizes that her father has two faces. When the press suddenly reports that the Hekima Foundation is involved in a donation scandal, Dahna begins to investigate and discovers a dark family secret.
While subverting the conventions of Golden Age cinema with the characteristics of a slasher, Pearl studies the delusions of grandeur inspired by the movies.
At first glance, Black as Night is a strange title choice for a film about vampirism in post-Katrina New Orleans. However, the title alludes to the world's anti-black and colorist messages.
"Beef" is a new dark comedy with a near entire Asian-American cast
"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.