Blood Quantum

About this episode

Nikki and Kate discuss the film Blood Quantum, its themes, and the filmmaking techniques used.

This week Nikki and Kate watched Blood Quantum and discussed the complicated history behind the title, wide shots and disorienting camera angles, and how they’d unalive each other in the event of zombification. Content warnings: Blood, gore, audio gore, gun violence, eyeball mutilation, the dog dies (at least twice), a head is smashed, cutting, death by suicide, death of a baby, death of a child, vomiting, racism, slurs If you like what we’re doing, rate and review us on your favorite podcatcher- it really does help! You could also stop by our Patreon and check out ways to support! Our intro and outro music is Spooky Drill by AlisiaBeats and the cover art is by Nikki Solomon Sources: Cameron, Michael. (2021, July 13). On The Marrow Thieves and Blood Quantum: A conversation with Krista Collier-Jarvis. Dalhousie University. https://blogs.dal.ca/openthink/on-the-marrow-thieves-and-blood-quantum-a-conversation-with-krista-collier-jarvis/ TIFF. (2022, November 22). Jeff Barnaby on a Shared Love of Horror in BLOOD QUANTUM | From Studio 9. Original interview 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ohALDgihso Blood Quantum and Sovereignty: A Guide…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nikki, Kate

Topics covered

• horror film
• zombie apocalypse
• cinematography
• cultural commentary
• content warnings

Keywords

• Blood Quantum
• zombies
• film review
• camera angles
• cultural history
• content warnings
• horror

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dalhousie University, NPR, nativegov.org, YouTube

Books & works: Blood Quantum

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