Yesterday, we got the first poster for the upcoming comedy audaciously titled “The American Society Of Magical Negroes,” and today, the trailer has arrived. A movie that will debut at Sundance of next year, leave it to a Sundance indie to be this bold and outrageous. What’s it about?
Well, it’s the directorial debut of filmmaker Kobi Libii and “The American Society of Magical Negroes” is a fresh, satirical comedy about a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.” LOL, that’s going to make people squirm uncomfortably in the best way possible.
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Libii is an alumnus of both the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab, where he first developed the project. The film has a big cast featuring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz with Rupert Friend and Nicole Byer.
Here’s the official synopsis:
For centuries, there has been a society hidden in plain sight, working in secret to protect Black people from harm. It’s called THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES. An official selection of Sundance 2024, from writer/director Kobi Libii. Only in theaters March 22.
As mentioned, ‘Magical Negroes’ will makes its world debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January and then Focus Features will put the satire into the world on March 22, 2024.
