The documentary tracks the evolution of Black identity on screen through several distinct periods:
Positions Jordan Peele's Get Out as a modern centerpiece that reclaimed the genre to explore "social horror" and the Black experience in the 21st century. Critical Analysis of Tropes Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Analyzes films like Blacula , Tales from the Hood , and Candyman , which began to address real-world "horrors" like police brutality and urban decay. The documentary tracks the evolution of Black identity
Discusses George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead , noting how its Black protagonist, Ben, became a radical symbol of leadership and tragic loss during the Civil Rights Movement . Tales from the Hood
Examines how films like The Birth of a Nation used blackface to frame Black people as the "monsters" of white society.