Candyman director Nia DaCosta is giving us even more reason to be excited for her upcoming film.
Ahead of this Saturday, Universal Pictures released an interview with DaCosta, who co-wrote the film with Win Rosenfeld and producer Jordan Peele. A sequel to Bernard Rose’s 1992 film of the same, Candyman is iconic for its urban legend-sewn horror and themes of social injustice.
In the clip, DaCosta breaks down how her film will pull from the “duality of the Black experience in America” — juxtaposing hope and possibility with the incredible difficulty and pain of inequality.
“Horror is a really effective tool when it comes to telling stories about things that impact us on a social level,” DaCosta explains. “The very function of it is to make you uncomfortable. And I think if that discomfort is attached to explorations of race or gender, you then have to reconcile your feelings about race and gender.”
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