In “The Walking Dead,”
Warm Bodies and the upcoming
World War Z,
zombies are leaving deep footsteps in Hollywood. Now, black filmmakers
are adding their own imprint to the zombie trek with the
short film Danger Word, starring veteran
actor Frankie Faison as a man trying to keep his 13-year-old grand-daughter alive in a post-apocalyptic world.
For
anyone who has ever seen a horror film, a stalled car on the side of
the road instantly evokes an image of an attack. But the same scene – a
stalled car on a desolate road – might trigger special meaning for black
audiences. Is this area “safe” for a black person alone in the woods?
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