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		<title>A Conversation with Maya Annik Bedward (BLACK ZOMBIE)</title>
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<p>The documentary Black Zombie marks director Maya Annik Bedward’s feature debut. In the film, Bedward examines how the cinematic zombie has its roots in the Haitian Vodou faith, even though the original term refers to a live person enslaved by a sorcerer, and [&#8230;]</p>
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