Gorillas live in complex social groups led by a dominant male silverback; he is intelligent and powerful, fiercely leading his troop through the dangers of the jungle; gorillas are like humans in so many ways, but their existence is under threat.
The 2019 film, Vai, takes us through eight stories across the islands of Oceania. The settings are unbelievably beautiful, the cast is beautiful, the languages are beautiful, and the stories are beautiful…but heartbreaking.
This documentary moves chronologically through Black representation in horror films, revealing the genre's connections to Black history.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.
