On this episode, Stacey and Matthew talk Francis Lawrence's 2007 action horror film, I Am Legend. The film stars Will Smith as Robert Neville, the last human in New York City who has managed to survive a deadly virus that was originally engineered to cure cancer. We sit down to discuss the film's place in post-9/11 movie-making, the interracial dynamic of the film's surrogate family unit, and the role of the Black protagonist vis-a-vis the human mutants' whiteness.
Film: I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007)
Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive)
Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran)
Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited by Matthew Vernon. Mixdown and mastering by Stacey Baran.
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