Nearly everything you want to know but were afraid to ask about the authentic history of how the walking dead came to be gets nicely tracked in Black Zombie. From their African roots to Haiti to Hollywood and back, it’s neatly explored. This Canadian documentary, directed by Maya Annik Bedward, covers all the gamut needed to understand why it is universally regarded as a metaphor for how those early slavers regarded their cargo. It’s also about how the Yoruba religion became syncretized with Caribbean culture, forming Vodou.
Ultimately, what this work claims is how it all evolved from when Africans brought to America were tossed to the mines rather than dressed to the nines, because of who they are. The root cause considers the fear Europeans had for the spirituality of a world colonizers never bothered to truly understand.
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