Read: “Inner-City Exhibition and the Genre Film: Distributing Night of the Living Dead (1968),” (Kevin Heffernan)—PDF here
Screen: Night of the Living Dead (1968)–Available for free on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H91BxkBXttE (Links to an external site.)
Two Questions–
Question 1 (150 word minimum): According to Kevin Heffernan’s article, how were art house/independent and low-budget genre films paired together as part of a double-feature? In your answer consider how audience type (age, race, geographic location) and independent distribution factored into exhibition trends of the 1960s.
Question 2 (200 word minimum): Borrowing from our discussion question for RAISIN IN THE SUN, focus on a specific scene that you feel best exemplifies the tensions and/or resolution between a set of characters in NIGHT OF… In your answer, consider the tension/resolution as it impacts the forced community of zombie survivalists.
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