Shadows and Light : Exploring Black Horror and Black Healing Author & film historian Tananarive Due

Описание: Opening Keynote – The Power of Black Horror and Healing through Storytelling

Author and film historian Tananarive Due (The Reformatory, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories) explores the history and impact of Black horror in literature and film and discusses how it serves as a medium for healing and empowerment.

Part of Shadows and Light Exploring Black Horror and Black Healing :
A transformative in-person event blending the power of Black horror with cultural exploration and collective healing. Featuring this keynote by acclaimed author Tananarive Due this gathering delves into Black horror’s historical contexts and its potential as a tool for healing.

Attendees can connect with each other through engaging activities and a community marketplace, all grounded in cultural traditions such as oral storytelling and neo-traditional call-and-response. This event offers an inspiring space for horror enthusiasts and those seeking deeper understanding of the Black Diaspora’s narratives and social justice.

Participant Bio

Tananarive Due (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author and leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s "The Twilight Zone" on Paramount Plus, and an upcoming Black Horror graphic novel The Keeper, illustrated by Marco Finnegan. Due and Barnes co-host a podcast, "Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!" Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award. Her books include Ghost Summer: Stories, My Soul to Keep and The Good House. She and with her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, co-authored Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. She and her husband live with their son, Jason.