The Black Guy Dies First, Robin R. Means Coleman
The Black Guy Dies First, Robin R. Means Coleman
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The Black Guy Dies First
Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar

Author: Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

Narrator: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Unabridged: 9 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/07/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising success of Get Out, Candyman, and Lovecraft Country from creators behind the acclaimed documentary, Horror Noire.

The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the Oscar-​winning cinematic heights of Get Out and beyond. This eye-opening book delves into the themes, tropes, and traits that have come to characterize Black roles in horror since 1968, a year in which race made national headlines in iconic moments from the enactment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in April. This timely book is a must-read for cinema and horror fans alike.

About Robin R. Means Coleman

Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman is Northwestern’s vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion. An internationally prominent and 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 and African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor. She is coauthor of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life. She is the editor of Say It Loud: African American Audiences, Media, and Identity and coeditor of Fight the Power: The Spike Lee Reader. She is also the author of a number of other academic and popular publications. Dr. Coleman is featured in, and executive produced, the critically acclaimed documentary film Horror Noire which is based on her book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present.

About Mark H. Harris

Mark H. Harris is an entertainment journalist who has written about cinema and pop culture for over twenty years for New York magazine, Vulture, Rotten Tomatoes, About.com, PopMatters, Salem Horror Fest, Napster, MadAtoms, Pretty Scary, Ugly Planet, and THEiNDI. A lifelong horror fan, he created the website BlackHorrorMovies.com in 2005 as the premier online source chronicling the history of Black representation and achievement in horror cinema. He was a featured commentator in the acclaimed documentary Horror Noire and the Shudder series Behind the Monsters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas

This book did an excellent job of describing and analyzing the many anti-Black portrayals of Black people in horror films. The authors highlighted many of the stereotypical roles Black folks are forced to in this film genre, including but not limited to the spook, the witch doctor, the magical n****......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

A comprehensive look at the history of Black horror films and modern horror cinema. We learn about the different stereotypes that roles in films and shows put black actors/characters into as well as themes tropes and traits. I very much enjoyed this book, listening was a bit odd because there were se......more

Goodreads review by Monte

I'm not really a horror girlie, but I do like learning new things, particularly if what I'm learning is in some way related to the history of the entertainment history. I definitely had that here. Really the only reason I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I could have were the copious listicles th......more

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