AFTER DARK is an annual program that delves into the creative, spooky, and speculative world of horror and sci-fi storytelling. Witness how African + Black Diasporic filmmakers, writers, artists, and characters are contributing to the cult circuit while flipping the script on these mind-bending genres.
Join us for a series of watch parties with live commentary by special guests on contemporary Black horror featuring SWEETHEART (2019, USA, 82 mins), directed by JD Dillard, with special guest Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman.
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ABOUT THE FILM + GUEST
SWEETHEART (2019, USA, 82 mins)
Directed by JD Dillard
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn't take her long to realize she's completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
DR. ROBIN R. MEANS COLEMAN
DR. ROBIN R. MEANS COLEMAN is Vice President & Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, and the Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand Barnett Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. An award-winning scholar, Dr. Coleman’s work focuses on media studies and the cultural politics of Blackness. Dr. Coleman is the author of Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present (2011, Routledge) and African-American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor (2000, Routledge). She is co-author of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life (2014, Wiley-Blackwell). She is the editor of Say It Loud! African American Audiences, Media, and Identity (2002, Routledge) and co-editor of Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader (2008, Peter Lang). She is also the author of a number of other academic and popular publications. She has three new books about Black horror soon to be published. Dr. Coleman is featured in, and co-executive produced, the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary film Horror Noire which is based on her book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present. The film features a ‘who’s who’ cast, to include: Jordan Peele (Get Out; Us), Tananarive Due (My Soul to Keep), Ashlee Blackwell (graveyardshiftsisters.com), William Crain (Blacula), Rusty Cundieff (Tales from the Hood), Rachel True (The Craft), Ernest Dickerson (The Walking Dead; Bones), Keith David (The Thing), Mark Harris (blackhorrormovies.com) and a host of other horror stars and experts.
Follow Dr. Coleman on Facebook + Twitter @MeansColeman
Learn more about Dr. Coleman’s academic work at bit.ly/3CeKHKV