Jordan Peale is probably not what one expects looking at the History part of Black History Month. He gained fame as a comic writer and performer.
But he has since morphed into one of the best directors working now. He has made 3 movies so far: Get Out, Us, and Nope. For Get Out he was nominated for 4 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. He won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, becoming the first Black Writer to win this award.
I think he will be long remembered because these movies make points about being Black in America, but always in an analogy form. He does not beat you over the head with it. They are also Horror / Comedies, but in the Alfred Hitchcock mode, psychological, not bloody and graphic. Although there is plenty of gore in Get Out and some in Us.
The endings of these movies mark the end of the movie but rarely the end of thinking about what you just saw. I left Nope, wondering what the hell just happened and had to ponder a bit. This is definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
Anyway, I think that, years from now, his movies will be studied for their meaning and content.
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