Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Horror is the only genre specifically designed to make you feel something in your body. Dr. Brittney Frantece, Thurgood Marshall Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College — who studies Black affect and emotional life — thinks that's exactly why it matters for Black audiences. In this episode, she explores what it means that Sinners makes us cry, reach for the people next to us, and cheer for a massacre. She connects the film to a tradition of Black horror that doesn't just represent Black experience — it makes you feel it. A conversation about what it means to finally have your feelings acknowledged on screen. This episode is hosted by Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown, Associate Professor, Department of English and Creative Writing, and Director, Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life, Dartmouth College, and is produced by the Dartmouth Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life in collaboration with the Dartmouth Media Production Group.
Horror is the only genre specifically designed to make you feel something in your body. Dr. Brittney Frantece, Thurgood Marshall Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College — who studies Black affect and emotional life — thinks that's exactly why it matters for Black audiences. In this episode, she explores what it means that Sinners makes us cry, reach for the people next to us, and cheer for a massacre. She connects the film to a tradition of Black horror that doesn't just represent Black experience — it makes you feel it. A conversation about what it means to finally have your feelings acknowledged on screen. This episode is hosted by Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown, Associate Professor, Department of English and Creative Writing, and Director, Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life, Dartmouth College, and is produced by the Dartmouth Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life in collaboration with the Dartmouth Media Production Group.
