“He liked to sing, he liked to dance, he loved his mom, things that I do on a daily basis.”
“an exercise in gratuitous racial violence.” Portraying the horrors of Black American existence – what’s been inflicted on us for centuries – requires care and nuance. It’s not just about caring about the subjects of the film and what nightmarish events they’re going through, but caring about the Black audiences that will see the film and the performers that have to take on these heavy roles., it’s easy to come out of the film with concern for Jalyn.
“Whenever you're watching a horror movie, [you think] that would never happen to you. But this is one of those things where it's like, ‘This did happen to somebody and it's still happening now,’” Jalyn says. “You see all these men, these Black men on the television, on the news, and it's sad to think about, but going through this, I was like, me and Emmett Till are not unalike.
Thankfully, Jalyn has solid support systems in play. He spent time with his family in Atlanta while they were filming, and found relaxation in gaming, gesturing to the PS5 in the background of our interview. And of course, his mom was his biggest support system: “It was my mom who was there all the time helping me, whether I needed a hug or some reassurance, it was my mom.
“I don't think that this is a movie that's targeted to any community of people. Of course, like our Black community, we need this as people to be shown so that people can wake up, and not even just for the Black community, but for everyone in general, these are things that are happening to everyone right now,” he says. “People being oppressed, people being treated differently, people who wanna enact change but don't have that push, but this is that push for them.
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