The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

ComingSoon said angry black girl and monster Director Bomani J. Story and lead actress Raya Deleon Hayes discuss the film, which premiered today at SXSW. This is Mary Shelley’s modern version of her 1818 novel. Frankenstein; or a modern-day Prometheus.

“Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a curable disease. After her brother’s cruel and sudden murder, she embarks on a perilous journey to bring him back to life. received sound frankenstein, angry black girl and monster Thematically challenges our ideas about life and death. The film’s writer and director, Bomani J. Story, crafts a thrilling tale about a family that survives and is reborn despite the horrors of systemic pressure.

Tudor Leonte: What does Bomani, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’s appearance at SXSW mean to you?

Bomani J. Story: It’s been a journey to get this script on screen and it feels great. It’s been years since I had this story in my pocket, so it’s great to finally get it at a great festival like SXSW. I had never seen a movie there before, so the world premiere and first time was overwhelming.

Raya, death is a pretty universal theme. This idea that death is a disease is very interesting. What impressed you most about the script?

Raya Deleon Hayes: As you said, death is a disease. Eye-catching. My ears are tingling when I listen to it. It was the script that really drew me to the script. I remember reading it and falling in love with Vicaria. I can get obsessed with people who are into other things. Her fascination with death and how her mind works was really interesting to me. After a few meetings with him and being able to delve deeper into Vicaria, I knew this was the role I wanted to take on. Getting a black character is really rare. I was really looking forward to showing it on the big screen.

If you don’t mind, you performed quite well. Bomani, his feature debut, is shot with great confidence. You are not far from anything here. Can you talk about the thinking that went into this?

Story: There are many filmmakers I love and respect as far as visual language is concerned. Aronofsky is one of them. The line “Death is a disease” is a pretty specific homage to him and one of his favorite movies. fountainHe’s a very intrepid filmmaker and makes you see things, right? I like that.Then like a very brave obvious horror movie. black christmasoriginal texas chainsaw massacreand HalloweenThese are the kind of visually confident movies that I’ve watched, watched, and broken down that give you the language to put this together, or the way I envisioned it. It was kind of my way of looking at it and capturing the humanity of the situation.

Raya, some of the research that your character does is really messy.

haze: Well, it was terrible. It was very nasty! I think I had to have a mental talk with myself before the shoot especially when she was working on her brother Chris and also our amazing visual effects guy Christina Bomani It was crazy because I was creating the head of a corpse as one of hers. I was looking at Bomani giving orders and his head on the platter at the same time. It was pretty crazy for me. To be honest, I was very excited to delve into horror. I was never a big horror fan until I was in this movie. I just wanted to make a horror film as an actor and as an artist, and I thought it would be a huge challenge for me. That day was probably the most difficult day. I really needed to mentally prepare for it.