Black Magic

10/27/2023

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0hr 14min

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Comedy

A diversity hire in a writer's room contends with the expectations of her boss at the cost of her identity.

STORY

Black Magic is a traumedy that follows Alicia, a Black screenwriter, as she navigates her new staff writer position on a network drama. When she realizes that she’s nothing more than a fellowship diversity hire, Alicia tries to prove her worth to a room that must write in a "diverse" character to save their show. The character quickly devolves into little more than a trope, forcing Alicia to either compromise her hard-earned dream job or play nice with her colleagues and compromise herself. When she chooses the latter, she unwittingly embodies the character they’ve created.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Cortney Gift
  • Lea'h Sampson
  • Robert Fuller
  • Avery Merrifield
  • Kenzie Klem

    Directors

  • Kathryn Van Buren
  • Taylor Mansmann
  • Sinead McHugh Keirans
  • Aisha Sultanbekova
  • Em K Shapiro

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • The Bear Production Company

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English