The Sleeping Negro

Name: The Sleeping Negro
Genre: Drama
Released: December 3, 2021
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Alex Noel McCarthy, David Fumero, Julie McNiven, Nican Robinson, Peter Lucas

2021

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ArtMattan Productions | Release Date: December 3, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Noel McCarthy, David Fumero, Julie McNiven, Nican Robinson, Peter Lucas, Phil Ductan, Rae Dawn Chong, Skinner Myers, Tunde Adebimpe, Vincent DeLuca

Summary: Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.

Director: Skinner Myers

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 73 min

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Alan Ng

Nov 30, 2021

The Sleeping Negro is unlike your typical drama in that it has a dreamlike visual tone and style and is more an essay about the trials and tribulations of being black in America. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Dec 3, 2021

Disconcerting in its justified bluntness, Myers’ brisk film is more monologue than movie, but undeniably essential in jolting everyone out of the collective complacency induced by the false perception of progress for all in this country. Read full review

Mark Hanson

Nov 30, 2021

Though often abstract in its imagery, the film’s blistering commentary remains firmly rooted in our present reality. Read full review

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