SPECIAL GUEST STARS // The Numberz Presents Black Horror Movie Night
Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 2023
Doors & live DJ at 5pm, film & talk at 6pm. Tickets $15.
Join us for a collaborative quarterly series from The Numberz and PAM CUT, highlighting the perspectives of Portland’s communities of color through themed nights, spirited discussions, and creative activations. This series will begin with a Black Horror Movie Night, featuring a pre-show talk by RaShaunda Brooks about black horror, followed by a screening of the feature The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster. And of course, music!
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (6pm) Runtime: 91 minutes.
By Bomani J. Story. Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life. Runtime: 91 minutes.
RaShaunda Brooks
RaShaunda Brooks is a filmmaker and artist in Portland, OR who creates modern day narratives of Black and Brown people to accurately reflect the truths in their communities. She believes that the more complex, well-rounded stories of Black and Brown people out there, the more these communities are empowered to also write their own histories and experiences.
Brooks believes when people aren’t given room to express themselves, it breeds chaos and/or stagnation, but personal expression takes time to cultivate. When Black and Brown people are focused on survival, real creative expression cannot be prioritized, cannot thrive.
Organizes under Y.G.B. (Young Gifted and Black / Brown) Portland, is a project coordinator for Open Signal Labs: Black Film fellowship and manages local duo Brown Calculus. These rich connections provide Brooks the room to hold stories of people who often don’t get represented right now in dominant white narrative; to share the lives of those who look like her.