The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster
If you're looking for something different this Halloween, this may be it. Vicaria is a teenage scientific genius growing up in a housing project. After losing first her mother and then her brother to violence, she comes to the proposition that death is a disease--and it can be cured. Using the bodies of other victims of violence, she repairs the body of her brother, then brings it to life with a massive surge of electricity. Things get worse from there.
The story may be familiar to us all, but the way it is told is quite unlike any previous telling of the tale. (The only reference to the original is the title of Vicaria's scientific journal--The Modern Prometheus.) The movie uses the story to address a wealth of current issues--the effects of poverty, gang violence, and drug use, the (deliberate?) inability of white people to comprehend the situation--Vicaria has plenty of reasons to be angry.
The movie is available on Amazon Prime or elsewhere. Check it out if you get the chance.