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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

Cast

Cortney Gift

Alicia

Lea'h Sampson

Amanda

Robert Fuller

Jax

Avery Merrifield

Pete

Kenzie Klem

Jen

Tyler Tipton

Dave

Ethan Goff

Ben

Trace Turner

Colin

Andrew Neylon

Cam

LaVar Veale

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