The Sleeping Negro

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The Sleeping Negro

Released Dec 3, 2021

1h 12m

Drama

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Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity. The young black man, simply identified as "Man," must resolve the personal meaning of his blackness when his white boss orders him to commit fraud to benefit the corporation. Struggling with an overwhelming sense of shame for going through with the illegal demand, Man seeks consolation by discussing his unease with a black former friend and his white fiancé. Those conversations lead only to further confusion and frustrations... Following on the footstep of the LA Rebellion filmmakers, Skinner Myers tells a very personal and intimate Black story in a radically non-traditional cinematic style as a means to express freely his feelings as a Black man in America. Following on the footstep of the LA Rebellion filmmakers, Skinner Myers tells a very personal and intimate Black story in a radically non-traditional cinematic style as a means to express freely his feelings as a Black man in America.

Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Myers’ film doesn’t shy away from addressing challenging subject matter, chipping away at the ridiculous claim that “race” doesn’t matter in contemporary America.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 9, 2022

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

Myers' brisk film is more monologue than movie, but undeniably essential in jolting everyone out of the collective complacency induced by the false perception of progress for all in this country.

Dec 3, 2021

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Mark Hanson

Slant Magazine

Though often abstract in its imagery, the film's blistering commentary remains firmly rooted in our present reality.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 30, 2021

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Zachary Goldkind

In Review Online

It all plays out with a fumbling intentionality, where the disunity of the aesthetic whole very perfectly reflects the schism of our character and, assuming that our protagonist acts as an analogue to its performer, our director himself.

Feb 4, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Less a conventional narrative than a series of point-illustrating arguments and setpieces, it’s like an indie Falling Down with a sensibility that modernizes the self-examining monologue of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.

Feb 4, 2022

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Myers suggests we are all corruptible by a white man in a high tower but ends with a slightly more human slant and a reminder that all actions come with consequences.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2021

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Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity. The young black man, simply identified as "Man," must resolve the personal meaning of his blackness when his white boss orders him to commit fraud to benefit the corporation. Struggling with an overwhelming sense of shame for going through with the illegal demand, Man seeks consolation by discussing his unease with a black former friend and his white fiancé. Those conversations lead only to further confusion and frustrations... Following on the footstep of the LA Rebellion filmmakers, Skinner Myers tells a very personal and intimate Black story in a radically non-traditional cinematic style as a means to express freely his feelings as a Black man in America. Following on the footstep of the LA Rebellion filmmakers, Skinner Myers tells a very personal and intimate Black story in a radically non-traditional cinematic style as a means to express freely his feelings as a Black man in America.

Director: Skinner Myers
Producer: Matt Palmieri, John Campbell, Dan Funes, Alex Noel McCarthy, Skinner Myers
Screenwriter: Skinner Myers
Distributor: ArtMattan Films
Production Co: Maboroshi Pictures, FilmHaven Entertainment, JCInTime
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 3, 2021, Limited
Runtime: 1h 12m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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