Home›Sources›Small, "The Roots of Black Zombie," POV Magazine, 2026SourcesSmall, "The Roots of Black Zombie," POV Magazine, 2026Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Small, "The Roots of Black Zombie," POV Magazine, 2026." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/small-roots-of-black-zombie-pov-magazine-2026.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Small, "The Roots of Black Zombie," POV Magazine, 2026. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/small-roots-of-black-zombie-pov-magazine-2026Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-small-the-roots-of-black-zombie-pov-maga, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Small, "The Roots of Black Zombie," POV Magazine, 2026}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/small-roots-of-black-zombie-pov-magazine-2026}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA 2026 magazine feature on the documentary Black Zombie, directed by Maya Annik Bedward, which traces Hollywood's zombie genre back through its use of Haitian Vodou as a source of horror imagery. Its strength is that it carries a named documentary filmmaker's own on record account of The Serpent and the Rainbow specifically, including a claim about Wade Davis's own conduct after the film's release. Its limit is that this entry relies on Small's reporting of Bedward's documentary argument rather than on the documentary itself viewed directly, so it is cited as a documented critique on record, not as independently verified fact about Davis's motives.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Reliability tier 2: a named contributor publishing a signed essay on POV Magazine, a Canadian documentary film outlet with editorial staff, one step below an academic film journal.NotesWell-attestedPublished March 6, 2026. Read directly. Quotes the documentary's argument that Wade Davis, whose book was adapted into the Wes Craven film, refused to speak out against Hollywood's depiction because it was financially beneficial to remain silent, and situates the film in a pattern traced back through Hollywood's zombie genre to the 1932 film White Zombie.CitationAuthorWell-attestedCourtney SmallPublisherWell-attestedPOV MagazinePublication YearWell-attested2026URLWell-attestedhttps://povmagazine.com/the-roots-of-black-zombie/Source TypeWell-attestedmagazine featureClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Screen Works, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested9ArticlesThe Silence That Followed the FilmingSourcesSmall, "The Roots of Black Zombie," POV Magazine, 2026Scholarly debate1Screen WorksThe Serpent and the Rainbow (1988 Film)General References2ArticlesThe Silence That Followed the FilmingScreen WorksThe Serpent and the Rainbow (1988 Film)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year