Dear zombie,

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it’s not me
It’s not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What’s in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh
The Cranberries, Zombie 1993

Night of the Living Dead

Perhaps the first film to have a black man playing the lead role regardless of, rather than because of, his race. The film is good. The protagonist, Ben, is not a stereotype nor a hero. He’s an average guy with strong survival instincts and more competent than the other people he’s trapped within a zombie surrounded farmhouse. The undead people are not even called zombies in this film, but “ghouls”. “I convinced George that the black community would rather see me dead than saved, after all that had gone on, in a corny and symbolically confusing way.” Besides, said Jones [the actor of Ben], “The heroes never die in American movies. The jolt of that and the double jolt of the hero figure being black seemed like a double-barreled whammy.” about how casting a Black actor changed the film. At the end of the film, the only survivor and very much alive, Ben, is shot dead by the police.

Youtube full film link (HD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jclhVKSC0Tk