Black Zombie
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Run Time: 90 min.
Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.
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This event is free as part of PAMs Free First Thursday, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundations Access for All program.
Premiering at this years SXSW Film Festival, Maya Annik Bedwards illuminating doc Black Zombie unearths the hidden history of the zombie film and its origins in the cane fields of Haiti, featuring interviews with special effects pioneer Tom Savini, Grammy-winning guitarist Slash, author and film scholar Tananarive Due, acclaimed singer and Vodou priest Erol Josué, and more.
Fascinatingly unpacks the origins of one of the most popular horror genres of all time. Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
An eye-opening reclamation. Valerie Kalfrin, AWFJ
An act of reclamationMoves with confidence through history and culture Black Zombie demands you reconsider both the horrors humans are capable of and the untold beauty of the living and the dead. Jesse Cape, The Austin Chronicle
2026. Directed by Maya Annik Bedward. Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombies buried origins. Born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance, it first emerged in Haiti before becoming one of pop cultures most profitable monsters. The film traces its evolution from the cane fields of colonial Haiti, to White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead and The Serpent and the Rainbow. Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, Black Zombie is a bold reexamination of one of horrors most iconic figures.
Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.
Select Showtime to Purchase Tickets
Click here to learn more about accessibility at the Tomorrow Theater.
This event is free as part of PAMs Free First Thursday, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundations Access for All program.
Premiering at this years SXSW Film Festival, Maya Annik Bedwards illuminating doc Black Zombie unearths the hidden history of the zombie film and its origins in the cane fields of Haiti, featuring interviews with special effects pioneer Tom Savini, Grammy-winning guitarist Slash, author and film scholar Tananarive Due, acclaimed singer and Vodou priest Erol Josué, and more.
Fascinatingly unpacks the origins of one of the most popular horror genres of all time. Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
An eye-opening reclamation. Valerie Kalfrin, AWFJ
An act of reclamationMoves with confidence through history and culture Black Zombie demands you reconsider both the horrors humans are capable of and the untold beauty of the living and the dead. Jesse Cape, The Austin Chronicle
2026. Directed by Maya Annik Bedward. Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombies buried origins. Born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance, it first emerged in Haiti before becoming one of pop cultures most profitable monsters. The film traces its evolution from the cane fields of colonial Haiti, to White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead and The Serpent and the Rainbow. Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, Black Zombie is a bold reexamination of one of horrors most iconic figures.
