Black Mystery Month is very entertaining! It makes me feel lots of emotions and the plot caught me by surprise.
The short film, made by a high school student, is about a group of African American middle school students, once bitter rivals, who visit an historic house from the Jim Crow South and discover a Black History themed card game that is full of surprises and mysteries. After a few questions, they discover that, if they answer incorrectly, they will vanish. After three people vanish the last two hunker down to not miss any answers and miraculously win the game.
Kudos to writer and director Anna-Korina Meier for a great script and terrific student film. This film is full of secrets, knowledge and surprises. The script is well written and the story captured my attention from the very beginning. The actors definitely give it their all. The two who survive the "vanishing" bit stand out for their performances. But all of them come across as real, even when they are arguing. My favorite part is when the kids are playing the game and one by one they start to disappear. That sparked my curiosity and I couldn't wait to see how it played out. The background music definitely stands out and adds to the mysterious element. At the end of the film, the kids who had not gotten along previously, reconcile and recognize what really matters. It cracked me up when their "guide" reappears at the end, acting as if nothing had happened, and the kids went along with it as well.
The film's message is: don't create problems over things that are not important and value your own story.
I give Black Mystery Month 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 to 18. By Anna Clara B., KIDS FIRST!
Black Mystery Month is very entertaining! It makes me feel lots of emotions and the plot caught me by surprise.
The short film, made by a high school student, is about a group of African American middle school students, once bitter rivals, who visit an historic house from the Jim Crow South and discover a Black History themed card game that is full of surprises and mysteries. After a few questions, they discover that, if they answer incorrectly, they will vanish. After three people vanish the last two hunker down to not miss any answers and miraculously win the game.
Kudos to writer and director Anna-Korina Meier for a great script and terrific student film. This film is full of secrets, knowledge and surprises. The script is well written and the story captured my attention from the very beginning. The actors definitely give it their all. The two who survive the "vanishing" bit stand out for their performances. But all of them come across as real, even when they are arguing. My favorite part is when the kids are playing the game and one by one they start to disappear. That sparked my curiosity and I couldn't wait to see how it played out. The background music definitely stands out and adds to the mysterious element. At the end of the film, the kids who had not gotten along previously, reconcile and recognize what really matters. It cracked me up when their "guide" reappears at the end, acting as if nothing had happened, and the kids went along with it as well.
The film's message is: don't create problems over things that are not important and value your own story.
I give Black Mystery Month 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 to 18. By Anna Clara B., KIDS FIRST!
Trapped within an abandoned, mysterious historical home from the Jim Crow South, a group of African-American middle school students--once bitter rivals--must play a mystical Black History themed card game to escape. The stakes are high: answer historical questions correctly, and they survive; get it wrong, and they vanish forever. As old foes reluctantly join forces, they unravel hidden truths and race against time to break free.
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