Black Zombie
Feature documentary. CBC.
Official Selection: SXSW, Hot Docs
“Recontextualizing the importance of the Haitian people and the true nature of Vodou, Bedward’s documentary pours sobering water on a colonial anti-Blackness bonfire that has burned for far too long. While Hollywood continues to weave zombies and Vodou together in insidious ways, the filmmaker finds hope in a new wave of Black-directed works such as Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017), which she considers a zombie film, and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (2025), that offers more accurate interpretations of zombies and Vodou in their proper context.”
— Courtney Small POV