Antebellum
Janelle Monáe stars in the trailer for the cryptical approaching revulsion movie , Antebellum . The cinema is being free by Lionsgate and marks the characteristic debut for author - music director Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz , following their previous endeavor on such telecasting shorts asKill Jay - Zand17 Seventeen . Story - wise , Antebellumrevolves around Veronica Henley ( Monáe ) , a pop generator who finds herself entrap in a"horrifying reality"and is coerce to unravel the accuracy behind this"mind - twist mystery story " .
extra plot details are being kept under ringlet and key for the time being , but it ’s been sustain the movie hales fromGet Out , BlacKkKlansman , andUsproducer Sean McKittrick , as well as fellowGet OutandBlacKkKlansmanproducer Raymond Mansfield . Unsurprisingly , the marketing forAntebellumis banking heavily on its connection to both Jordan Peele ’s Oscar - winningGet OutandUs , and suggest the celluloid plenty with issues of racism ( specifically , the bequest of slavery ) through the lens system of horror , in ways both like to and very unlike from the former .
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The teaser trailer forAntebellumdropped online this morning , and is expected to start playing in theaters with select films this weekend . you could assure it out in the space below , along with the teaser posting .
Much like its logline , the teaser forAntebellumplays thing pretty close to the vest and is purposely vague about the pic ’s plot of land . Judging by the footage , however , Monáe ’s character seems to find herself being literally haunted by the specter of slaveholding , whether it ’s in the form of a creepy , ghostly small white missy who maintain establish up around her , or by having actual visions of herself on a plantation in the Antebellum South . The majority of the teaser trailer is focused on Monáe , but it does extend a quick glimpse at some of her costars in the film , which let in Gabourey Sidibe ( American Horror Story ) and Kiersey Clemons ( who , like Monáe , is coming off her role in Disney ’s live - actionLady and the Tramp ) .
As haunting and surreal as theAntebellumteaser laggard is , the moving-picture show does risk coming off as exploitive in the way it compound hackneyed supernatural revulsion tropes ( like jump scare and spooky ghost girls ) with the real - world repulsion of thralldom . If it ’s handled with sensitivity , of course , the motion picture could alternatively make for a disturbingly timely apologue about the last impact of slavery and how the repercussions of America ’s original sin keep to resonate in the present - 24-hour interval . Lionsgate has scheduledAntebellumto hit dramatic art in belated April , so it may test to father more hype for the movie by premiering it atSXSWa month earlier . If so , horror buffs will find out ahead of time whether this one is a must - see or not .
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