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In George Romero’s ‘Dead’ Horror Films, a Black Man Could Be a Hero
The first time I saw—really saw—George Romero’s classic 1968 film Night of the Living Dead was in a college horror-film class. The class was rumored to be a “gut”—little to no reading, no exams. Just write a couple of papers and get an easy A, people claimed. It was anything but. The professor took his…
Carolyn Edgar is a New York-based lawyer and writer. She is currently earning a master of fine arts degree in creative writing at the City College of New York.