The American Society of Magical Negroes
Saving the damn world.
Country
Production
Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$2 496 248
Director
Kobi Libii
Actors
Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz, Rupert Friend, Nicole Byer, Zachary Barton
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Kobi Libii
Producer
Angel Lopez, Eddie Vaisman, Kobi Libii, Julia Lebedev, Oren Moverman, Mike Upton, Leonid Lebedev
Camera operator
Doug Emmett
Composer
Artist
Laura Fox, Mark McKeon
Audition
Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellara Hallman
Editing
Brian Scott Olds, Shannon Swanson
Whole Team (90)
Whole Team (90)
Short description
A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.
What's left behind the scenes
- Actor, director, and producer Spike Lee coined the term "magical negro" around the year 2000. The term refers to a typical Black character in a supporting role whose sole purpose is to help the main character – who is white. Striking examples of magical negros are the characters in Robert Zemeckis’s *Forrest Gump* (1994), Frank Darabont’s *The Green Mile* (1999), and Robert Redford’s *The Legend of Bagger Vance* (2000).
- Actor, director, and producer Spike Lee coined the term "magical negro" around the year 2000. The term refers to a stereotypical Black supporting character whose sole purpose is to aid the white protagonist. Prominent examples of the magical negro are found in Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994), Frank Darabont's The Green Mile (1999), and Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000).
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