Black Magic
A diversity hire in a writer's room contends with the expectations of her boss at the cost of her identity.
Black Magic is a traumedy that follows Alicia, a Black screenwriter, as she navigates her new staff writer position on a network drama. When she realizes that she’s nothing more than a fellowship diversity hire, Alicia tries to prove her worth to a room that must write in a "diverse" character to save their show. The character quickly devolves into little more than a trope, forcing Alicia to either compromise her hard-earned dream job or play nice with her colleagues and compromise herself. When she chooses the latter, she unwittingly embodies the character they’ve created.
Cast
Crew
Cristin Stephens
Director
Cristin Stephens
Writer
Dana Reilly
Producer
Dreu Dixon
Executive Producer
Carlos Estrada
Director of Photography
Sinead McHugh Keirans
Co-Producer
Alex Rosales
Creative Producer
Kathryn Van Buren
First Assistant Director
Mary-Elizabeth Esquibel
Second Assistant Director
An Chen
Second Assistant Director