Beyond the Shadows: The Untold Black History of Film Noir
Filmmaker Tarik Rashaan Davis takes a deep dive into the evolution of the film noir genre, spanning from classic hard-boiled noir to neo-noir and explores it's roots in Black culture.
What is Film Noir?
While often defined as "crime with a twist", the origins of the genre go much deeper than the black-and-white classics we know. In this deep dive, filmmaker Tarik Rashaan Davis explores the evolution of the genre, spanning from classic hard-boiled noir to neo-noir.
Tarik attempts to crack the case of why film noir feels so Black-coded to him, even though in the majority of the genre’s films he barely sees people like himself represented.
Is film noir a very political sub genre that speaks to the times we’re living in now? Is it a genre that is in need of a big resurgence? Can noir save Hollywood? And most important of all…Does Noir mean Black?
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