When they say the future of horror is Black and female, they aren’t lying. With Nia DaCosta’s’ highly anticipated film “Candyman” on its way to theaters next August, it cannot be denied that this genre’s door is being burst wide open for emerging talent to come through and make their mark.
So who’s got next?
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It’s been announced that actress and award-nominated filmmaker Reagan Gomez is set to direct her first feature film, “Charcuterie” in spring 2021. Written by award-winning screenwriter and co-host of “Afro Horror” podcast, Chris Courtney Martin, according to a press release sent to Colorlines, the comedy-horror centers on:
Kenni, a bright young woman who has sacrificed her dreams of upward mobility to raise her incarcerated sister’s teenage son. Following the sudden death of a beloved neighborhood bodega owner, a white hipster couple buys his storefront and transforms it into an artisanal deli catering to the city’s elite. When longtime residents start disappearing around the charcuterie, Kenni starts to suspect the new owners may be cannibalizing more than the local culture.
(No word on who will play Kenni, as they are currently casting.)
Like Netflix’s “Vampires vs. The Bronx,“ ”Charcuterie” explores the dangers that communities of color face when their beloved neighborhoods become slowly taken over by white people looking for cheaper housing, a topic Gomez can definitely relate to.
“As a Black American woman who grew up in Philadelphia, I’m no stranger to gentrification. With ’Charcuterie,’ I want to explore the insidious side of this system. Imagine, strangers outside of your culturally rich community move in, only to have immediate access to resources that have been kept from you,” Gomez told Colorlines.
Source: EXCLUSIVE: Reagan Gomez Set To Direct Gentrification Horror-Comedy Next Spring
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