Black History Month: Movie, “CandyMan” (2021)

Chase O'Gwin, an associate professor of psychology at Northwest, and his Psych of Film course offer movie screenings of two different versions of “CandyMan,” a supernatural African American horror film. The original film released in 1992 and directed by Bernard Rose will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 18, and the 2021 version a modern interpretation of the movie directed by Nina DaCosta will be screened on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Both showings begin at 2 p.m. in Colden Hall Room 3500.

After both “CandyMan” screenings, O’Gwin will lead a discussion about how race is depicted in horror films, based on ideas presented by African-American film scholar Dr. Robin Means Coleman in her book “Horror Noire.”