{"id":188501,"date":"2021-01-21T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=188501"},"modified":"2022-06-18T10:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:56:51","slug":"witness-how-black-americans-have-influenced-hollywood-genre-films-in-horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror-blu-ray-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2021\/01\/21\/witness-how-black-americans-have-influenced-hollywood-genre-films-in-horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror-blu-ray-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness How Black Americans Have Influenced Hollywood Genre Films in Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Blu-ray Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BmyueIwsMlo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188502\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2021\/01\/21\/witness-how-black-americans-have-influenced-hollywood-genre-films-in-horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror-blu-ray-giveaway\/horror-noire\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-188502\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Horror-Noire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Horror-Noire.png 600w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Horror-Noire-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blu-ray cover for director Xavier Burgin&#8217;s documentary, &#8216;Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror.&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The horror genre has long been criticized for exploiting and sidelining Black American characters and filmmakers throughout Hollywood&#8217;s movie history. But the new documentary, &#8216;Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror,&#8217; has finally embraced them by tracing their untold backstories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2020\/11\/27\/interview-michael-abbott-jr-and-adrienne-biddle-talk-the-dark-and-the-wicked-exclusive\/\">RLJE Films<\/a> is set to distribute the movie on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 2. The DVD will sell for an SRP of $27.97, and the Blu-ray will retail for an SRP of $28.96.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of &#8216;Horror Noire&#8217;s disc release, ShockYa is offering two lucky winners a Blu-ray of the documentary. To enter, email us at ShockyaGiveaway@aol.com. Let us know that you&#8217;re entering to win the &#8216;Horror Noire&#8217; Blu-ray giveaway in the email&#8217;s subject line, and include your mailing address in the message. You have until February 2, the day of the discs&#8217; distribution, to enter, and you can enter the contest once daily. On February 2, we&#8217;ll pick the winners at random, and notify them through email. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Horror Noire&#8217; includes new and archival interviews from scholars and creators, including the voices who survived the genre&#8217;s past trends and the filmmakers who are shaping its future. The movie, which was written by adjunct professor of film, Ashlee Blackwell and Danielle Burrows, was directed by Xavier Burgin.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary features interviews with, and footage of, such horror genre legends as Tony Todd (&#8216;Candyman,&#8217; &#8216;Final Destination&#8217;), Rachel True (&#8216;The Craft&#8217;), Ernest Dickerson (&#8216;Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,&#8217; &#8216;The Walking Dead&#8217;), Rusty Cundieff (&#8216;Tales from the Hood&#8217;), Tina Mabry (&#8216;Mississippi Damned,&#8217; &#8216;Queen of the South&#8217;), Paula Jai Parker (&#8216;Hustle &#038; Flow&#8217;) and Tananarive Due (&#8216;The Twilight Zone&#8217;). 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