Black Magic
MovieTitle | Black Magic |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Oct 27, 2023 |
Genre | Comedy |
Director | Cristin Stephens |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | The Bear Production Company |
Run time | 14 min. |
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.