2024 Denton Black Film Festival

Laughing Out Loud (Shorts):Being Alex; Big Girl Love(Episodic Series ); Black Magic (College); Heart's Desire; Rising Dawn; Sour (College); The Black Experience; Tik Tok Challenged (College)

Expired February 6, 2024 6:00 AM
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Logline: A diversity hire in a writer's room contends with the expectations of her boss at the cost of her identity. Black Magic is a traumedy that follows Alicia, a Black screenwriter, as she navigates her new staff writer position on a network drama. When she realizes that she’s nothing more than a fellowship diversity hire, Alicia tries to prove her worth to a room that must write in a "diverse" character to save their show. The character quickly devolves into little more than a trope, forcing Alicia to either compromise her hard-earned dream job or play nice with her colleagues and compromise herself. When she chooses the latter, she unwittingly embodies the character they’ve created.

  • Year
    2023-08-01
  • Runtime
    00:13:40
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    North Texas
  • Content Warning
    18+- Strong Language
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  • Director
    Cristin Stephens
  • Producer
    Dana Reilly
  • Cast
    Cortney Gift, Lea'h Sampson
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