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"They added some really good stuff," Green said. Ford, and it explores the connections between the horror genre and Black culture and contemporary social issues.

It's hosted by Lovecraft Country writer Shannon Houston and journalist Ashley C. HBO has an official companion podcast to the show that essentially is a weekly reading/watchlist. That form of racism, where Black people have to work twice as hard and be twice as good at what they do in order to be accepted, is explored in the show. Robinson appears in the opening scene, and his spirit carries through Lovecraft Country, in his bravery and in the way his greatness was so undeniable that even white people admired and respected him. Robinson played himself in the movie, which was a huge hit in that era. The narration of Lovecraft Country's opening scene about "the story of a boy and his dream" is borrowed from the opening narration of this 1950 biopic of Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player to play in the major leagues. Lovecraft Country Review: Spellbinding HBO Horror Drama Is a Compelling Story About Reclaiming Black Legacy

"If I wrote this horror movie talking about sundown towns where you can't be black after dark in America, people be like, 'OK, we get the metaphor,' and it's like, no, that's real. "When I read Matt Ruff's book, that was my first encounter with learning about sundown towns, and I was like 'What?' Like, you can't make this up," Green said. In Episode 1, the characters travel through "sundown towns," all-white areas where Black people were not allowed to be after dark, a rule that would either be enforced by police, racist vigilantes, or both, since they were often one and the same. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James W. For an introduction to Baldwin, you could watch the Oscar-winning documentary I Am Not Your Negro. James Baldwin is as much an influence on Lovecraft Country as Lovecraft himself. Buckley plays during a montage in Lovecraft Country, essentially replacing the score with a speech about how Black people have been excluded from the American dream. James Baldwin Ted Thai/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty ImagesĪn audio clip from the legendary writer's debate with conservative commentator William F.