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This document provides a summary and analysis of the 2017 horror film Get Out. It argues that the film exemplifies the political philosophy of Afro-pessimism, which holds that racialized slavery still structures contemporary society and that Black people remain fundamentally marked as slaves. It discusses how Get Out suggests there is no escape from the unending narrative of racialized terror that defines the Black experience in America. It also analyzes the proliferation of films about American slavery in

Author

Lucas Ravazzano

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