- What is the role of the black servants in the film’s storyline, and what does this tell us about the anxieties white American had about allowing a group with folk beliefs to integrate into their communities?
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Compare and contrast the white female protagonists in White Zombie (Madeline) and Revenge of the Zombie (Lila).
a. By what method are they turned into zombies?
b. How do they behave differently as zombies?
- Discuss how the historical context of 1943 informed the fears elicited by the zombification of Lila.