Antebellum (film)

Antebellum
A woman's face. A dripping red painted silhouette of a butterfly covers her mouth.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Gerard Bush
  • Christopher Renz
Produced by
  • Raymond Mansfield
  • Sean McKittrick
  • Zev Forman
  • Gerard Bush
  • Christopher Renz
  • Lezlie Wills
Starring
CinematographyPedro Luque
Edited byJohn Axelrad
Music by
  • Nate Wonder
  • Roman Gianarthur
Production
companies
  • QC Entertainment
  • Bush+Renz
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]

Antebellum is a 2020 American black horror thriller film[3][4] written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz in their feature directorial debuts. The film stars Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons and Gabourey Sidibe, and follows a 21st-century African-American woman who wakes to find herself mysteriously in a Southern slave plantation from which she must escape.

Antebellum was released in the United States through premium video on demand on September 18, 2020, and theatrically in several other countries. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the depiction of on screen violence.

  1. ^ "Antebellum (15)". British Board of Film Classification. April 14, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brueggemann-Sept2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kreps, Daniel (August 6, 2020). "Janelle Monáe Time-Travel Thriller 'Antebellum' Headed Straight to VOD". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Lowry, Brian (September 17, 2020). "Janelle Monae stars in a thriller with a 'Get Out' vibe that doesn't live up to its twist". CNN. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.

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