Thursday, October 29, 2026
6:30 – 8:30 PM ET
Cineplex Cinemas Varsity & VIP (55 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON)

Join us for an exclusive Academy member-only screening of Black Zombie, a documentary tracing the history of the zombie from colonial Haiti to Hollywood.

Free for Academy Members. RSVP required to attend.

*Academy Members may bring a guest.

RSVP HERE.

About the Film:

Directed by Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins. Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power. A symbol of stolen agency was recast as an object of fear, while Black spiritual traditions were distorted, sensationalized, and erased.

Watch the trailer here.