EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Maya Annik Bedward’s documentary Black Zombie, which debuted at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival.
The doc traces the origin and evolution of zombies from Haitian spiritual traditions to fixtures of Hollywood horror, examining the cinematic and historical context and reclaiming their deeper cultural significance as powerful symbols of survival and resistance.
Black Zombie will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber this fall, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.
The official synopsis reads: Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the
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