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is more intentional about its use of folklore and oral history as a framework for tracing the systemic violence and trauma inflicted on Black Americans, and telling the story from a Black person’s point of view.
One branch of the film’s thesis statement is its analysis of oral histories as a narrative device, and the importance of that device in Black culture, which has existed for centuries. The main character, Anthony , is a visual artist who attempts to address the same issues within his work . “Jordan and Nia wanted to make a shift from the original where there’s not just one Black man in 1890 that was wronged,” the film’s producer, Ian Cooper, said.
“This happens in perpetuity, and in multiplicity, and has been happening for forever. That horrifying conceit echoes the very notion of an urban legend, which is a perpetuation of a story wherein the ingredients are subject to the teller and the listener’s sets of experiences,” he went on. “A kid telling a story about 1978 in Cabrini-Green is a different shared experience for the teller and listener than someone from any other moment in time.
Producer and co-writer Win Rosenfeld echoed the sentiment. When he and Peele started Monkeypaw Productions, the studio that produced
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