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‘Black Zombie’ Review: Maya Annik Bedward’s Fascinating Doc Reclaims The Zombie’s Haitian Roots
‘Black Zombie’ Review: Maya Annik Bedward’s Fascinating Doc Reclaims The Zombie’s Haitian Roots
It’s hard to deny that, when it comes to the image of a zombie we all know today, most of us would likely point an undead finger at the works of George A. Romero, mastermind behind such genre-definers as “Night of the Living Dead,” “Dawn of the Dead,” and… well, even if one were to stop there, little more needs to be said. His impact?
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September 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
‘Black Zombie’ Review: Maya Annik Bedward’s Fascinating Doc Reclaims The Zombie’s Haitian Roots
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As Black Zombie shambles onto screens, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward speaks with Isaac Feldberg about digging beneath a Hollywood monster to reveal the Haitian spiritual traditions that informed its origins—and still echo through films like Get Out and Sinners.
Read more: https://boxd.it/3ms
Read more: https://boxd.it/3ms
September 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
As Black Zombie shambles onto screens, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward speaks with Isaac Feldberg about digging beneath a Hollywood monster to reveal the Haitian spiritual traditions that informed its origins—and still echo through films like Get Out and Sinners.
Read more: https://boxd.it/3ms
Read more: https://boxd.it/3ms
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The documentary BLACK ZOMBIE continues to expand into more theaters. It's a stunning work of film criticism that deepens our understanding of how/why zombie entertainment continues to have strong resonance in pop culture. Every horror buff needs to see this film.
September 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The documentary BLACK ZOMBIE continues to expand into more theaters. It's a stunning work of film criticism that deepens our understanding of how/why zombie entertainment continues to have strong resonance in pop culture. Every horror buff needs to see this film.
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This is one of the best documentaries that I've seen in a very long time. It balances poetic storytelling with expository heft. Even if you know the historical arc, this film likely adds depth to your cultural analysis of who is a zombie and why we make zombies.
It's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
The new zombie boom should learn something from Black Zombie
It's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. Black Zombie shows how that's possible.
www.avclub.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This is one of the best documentaries that I've seen in a very long time. It balances poetic storytelling with expository heft. Even if you know the historical arc, this film likely adds depth to your cultural analysis of who is a zombie and why we make zombies.
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“Physical structures can be rebuilt. But memory, even when well-preserved, can be adulterated, drowned out and crumbled with a few well-placed lies.”
The @soraya.press yall
The @soraya.press yall
Hey ya'll, wanted to give you an update on my site: we're hard launching sometime between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (I appreciate your patience!)
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I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
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I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
‘An embodiment of white fears’: how zombies went from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood monsters
Maya Annik Bedward’s fascinating new documentary goes beyond reductive imagery to place the zombie and vodou in their true historical context
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
“Physical structures can be rebuilt. But memory, even when well-preserved, can be adulterated, drowned out and crumbled with a few well-placed lies.”
The @soraya.press yall
The @soraya.press yall
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Maya Annik Bedward's BLACK ZOMBIE is a New York Times Critic's Pick! This fascinating and entertaining documentary opens in theaters this weekend: knlor.com/blackzombie
September 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Maya Annik Bedward's BLACK ZOMBIE is a New York Times Critic's Pick! This fascinating and entertaining documentary opens in theaters this weekend: knlor.com/blackzombie
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#BlackZombie, now in theaters, unpacks the psychology, spirituality, and heritage of a horror touchstone.
Read @jaredmobarak.com's review: thefilmstage.com/fantasia-rev...
Read @jaredmobarak.com's review: thefilmstage.com/fantasia-rev...
September 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
#BlackZombie, now in theaters, unpacks the psychology, spirituality, and heritage of a horror touchstone.
Read @jaredmobarak.com's review: thefilmstage.com/fantasia-rev...
Read @jaredmobarak.com's review: thefilmstage.com/fantasia-rev...
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This conversation with the director of BLACK ZOMBIE, Maya Annik Bedward, went up while I was at telluride.
Happy to share it now via @ebertvoices not just just because it’s a great conversation. But also this is one of the best documentaries of the year.
Happy to share it now via @ebertvoices not just just because it’s a great conversation. But also this is one of the best documentaries of the year.
Enslaved Spirits: Maya Annik Bedward on "Black Zombie"
How the filmmaker's new doc explores (and reclaims) the intersection of race, religion, and the zombie genre.
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September 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This conversation with the director of BLACK ZOMBIE, Maya Annik Bedward, went up while I was at telluride.
Happy to share it now via @ebertvoices not just just because it’s a great conversation. But also this is one of the best documentaries of the year.
Happy to share it now via @ebertvoices not just just because it’s a great conversation. But also this is one of the best documentaries of the year.
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Next: Some thoughts on the fascinating new documentary, Black Zombie, about the thorny route zombies took to become a national horror pastime, and why zombie movies should reckon with their past
www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
September 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Next: Some thoughts on the fascinating new documentary, Black Zombie, about the thorny route zombies took to become a national horror pastime, and why zombie movies should reckon with their past
www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
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A great day for great horror movies!
I Walked With a Black Zombie
Movies, nonsense, horror, nonsense, fellas, nonsense.
www.mynewplaidpants.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
A great day for great horror movies!
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BLACK ZOMBIE Director Maya Annik Bedward delves dramatically into how Westerners misunderstood, misused & fused with racism into horror Haiti’s anti-slavery anti-colonial spiritual & revolutionary resources @QuadCinema with Q&As @NuartTheatre via @kinolorber.com
kinolorber.com/film/black-z...
kinolorber.com/film/black-z...
kinolorber.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
BLACK ZOMBIE Director Maya Annik Bedward delves dramatically into how Westerners misunderstood, misused & fused with racism into horror Haiti’s anti-slavery anti-colonial spiritual & revolutionary resources @QuadCinema with Q&As @NuartTheatre via @kinolorber.com
kinolorber.com/film/black-z...
kinolorber.com/film/black-z...
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How lucky I am to be able to watch great films like Black Zombie and then talk about them with great people like @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social and @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social ?
Go see both Black Zombie and White Meat Appetizer as soon as you can. And maybe check out our podcast if you have time.
Go see both Black Zombie and White Meat Appetizer as soon as you can. And maybe check out our podcast if you have time.
New Episode!
This week we are joined by director @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social to discuss Maya Annik Bedward's new documentary Black Zombie, a formative look at how Haitian Vodou as well as the Haitian Revolution helped create one of the most iconic monsters in cinema history, the zombie. #FilmSky 📽️
This week we are joined by director @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social to discuss Maya Annik Bedward's new documentary Black Zombie, a formative look at how Haitian Vodou as well as the Haitian Revolution helped create one of the most iconic monsters in cinema history, the zombie. #FilmSky 📽️
September 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
How lucky I am to be able to watch great films like Black Zombie and then talk about them with great people like @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social and @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social ?
Go see both Black Zombie and White Meat Appetizer as soon as you can. And maybe check out our podcast if you have time.
Go see both Black Zombie and White Meat Appetizer as soon as you can. And maybe check out our podcast if you have time.
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Black Zombie explores the origins of zombies, its history in film and how it helps vilify a people. Amazing doc!
Black Zombie Shows Where the First One Came From
Black Zombie puts its finger on the pulse of what makes zombies such a mainstay for horror while highlighting its origins and connections to the "other."
darkskylady.com
September 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Black Zombie explores the origins of zombies, its history in film and how it helps vilify a people. Amazing doc!
NYC - the Quad Cinema is theee only place to be tonight! Come see BLACK ZOMBIE💫💛
September 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
NYC - the Quad Cinema is theee only place to be tonight! Come see BLACK ZOMBIE💫💛
Come see @soraya.press & Maya Annik Bedward at Quad Cinemas tonight after the 7:15pm show!🎞️💫
I'll be hosting a talkback with director Maya Annik Bedward tomorrow at Quad Cinema, because the work of repairing the world, and its upside-down narratives continues on Rosh Hashanah too.
Come say hi and shana tovah!
Come say hi and shana tovah!
September 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Come see @soraya.press & Maya Annik Bedward at Quad Cinemas tonight after the 7:15pm show!🎞️💫
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It's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
The new zombie boom should learn something from Black Zombie
It's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. Black Zombie shows how that's possible.
www.avclub.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
It's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. www.avclub.com/black-zombie...
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The award-winning director talks excavating the history of the zombie monster in Haiti.
Interview: Maya Annik Bedward’s BLACK ZOMBIE Takes Vodou Back
The award-winning director talks excavating the history of the zombie monster in Haiti.
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September 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The award-winning director talks excavating the history of the zombie monster in Haiti.
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BLACK ZOMBIE, a tremendous new doc on race and the zombie genre, is out in NYC & LA today! Here is my review from the @fantasiafestival.com
Fantasia Review: 'Black Zombie' Will Feed Your Brainssss
www.pajiba.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
BLACK ZOMBIE, a tremendous new doc on race and the zombie genre, is out in NYC & LA today! Here is my review from the @fantasiafestival.com
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Interview: Discussing the Origins of the Zombie with BLACK ZOMBIE’s Maya Annik Bedward
dailydead.com?p=316561
dailydead.com?p=316561
Interview: Discussing the Origins of the Zombie with BLACK ZOMBIE's Maya Annik Bedward - Daily Dead
Black Zombie is a must-watch documentary for horror fans. Zombies have been a part of pop culture so long that many people don't know the origin of the zombie and how much our view of zombies has chan...
dailydead.com
September 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Interview: Discussing the Origins of the Zombie with BLACK ZOMBIE’s Maya Annik Bedward
dailydead.com?p=316561
dailydead.com?p=316561
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Hey ya'll, wanted to give you an update on my site: we're hard launching sometime between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (I appreciate your patience!)
AND
I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
AND
I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
‘An embodiment of white fears’: how zombies went from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood monsters
Maya Annik Bedward’s fascinating new documentary goes beyond reductive imagery to place the zombie and vodou in their true historical context
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Hey ya'll, wanted to give you an update on my site: we're hard launching sometime between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (I appreciate your patience!)
AND
I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
AND
I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
If you read one thing today, let it be @soraya.press brilliant feature on BLACK ZOMBIE! shorturl.at/xmhnh
‘An embodiment of white fears’: how zombies went from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood monsters
Maya Annik Bedward’s fascinating new documentary goes beyond reductive imagery to place the zombie and vodou in their true historical context
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
If you read one thing today, let it be @soraya.press brilliant feature on BLACK ZOMBIE! shorturl.at/xmhnh
Black Zombie is a NY Times Critic’s Pick!💫💛
‘Black Zombie’ Review: Reclaiming Horror’s Haitian Roots
‘Black Zombie’ Review: Reclaiming Horror’s Haitian Roots
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Black Zombie is a NY Times Critic’s Pick!💫💛
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'Black Zombie' Reclaims Horror's Favourite Figure
'Black Zombie' Reclaims Horror's Favourite Figure
Horror has had its ups and downs over the decades, but the zombie subgenre has remained cosnsistent. Whether it's television sensations lik
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September 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
'Black Zombie' Reclaims Horror's Favourite Figure
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L.A.!!! The real reason to come is so you won't miss this fantastic documentary, BLACK ZOMBIE. Screening is Friday at 7:30p.
But afterward, yes, come for the Q&A with me! And hell yes, I will sign books for you if you bring them. :)
But afterward, yes, come for the Q&A with me! And hell yes, I will sign books for you if you bring them. :)
September 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
L.A.!!! The real reason to come is so you won't miss this fantastic documentary, BLACK ZOMBIE. Screening is Friday at 7:30p.
But afterward, yes, come for the Q&A with me! And hell yes, I will sign books for you if you bring them. :)
But afterward, yes, come for the Q&A with me! And hell yes, I will sign books for you if you bring them. :)
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BLACK ZOMBIE Review: Engaging, Insightful Work of Cultural Criticism
BLACK ZOMBIE Review: Engaging, Insightful Work of Cultural Criticism
If Xavier Burgin's Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is the equivalent of a survey course you might take freshman year at college, Maya Annik Bedward's Black Zombie is the kind of class you take junior year that makes you consider going to grad school for this stuff. The film begins, as many of these documentaries about film do, with a montage of moments (spanning the 1920s to the 2020s) that attempt to convince you why you should care about this particular cultural history and its place in the pop culture landscape today. Interspersed with these clips are several talking heads that give previews of the ideas the rest of the movie will delve into: Zombies raise "questions about autonomy and agency," zombies are...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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September 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
BLACK ZOMBIE Review: Engaging, Insightful Work of Cultural Criticism