![]() ![]() You know, I think about shows that I really love, like True Blood, Vampire Diaries, the Twilight series, and they all have a very specific type as their protagonists,” he says. ![]() “I was reacting directly towards sort of the most recent wave of vampire media that’s come out over the last 10 or 15 years. It was the chance to break the paradigm of what a vampire fighting heroine looks like that inspired screenwriter Sherman Payne to write the film. But at its core is Shawna, a new type of heroine for our current era. It’s a horror film with a very clear political point of view and heart. The movie is equal parts coming of age tale and an exploration of centuries of racial inequality in America, and how these earliest events directly link to present circumstances. When this leads to a tragedy close to home, she sets out for revenge with the help of her best friend Pedro by her side. In the film, Shawna discovers a vampire’s plot to take over New Orleans by preying on the city’s most vulnerable inhabitants. As she sums up her situation at the movie’s outset, “the summer I got breasts, that was the same summer I fought vampires.” ![]() But that vision is about to change with Black as Night, which drops on Amazon Prime today and introduces audiences to Shawna (Asjha Cooper), a teen girl fresh out of those awkward years and about to take on a pack of centuries old-vampires. When you summon up the image of a teenage vampire slayer, there’s a good chance the mental picture is a familiar one: blonde, bubbly, and white. ![]()
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