New to Amazon prime is a 10 episode show called 'Them'. It takes place in the 1950's. It's an anthology series that explores terror in America. This first season is about a black family moves from North Carolina to Compton California in a all white neighbor. It explores racism, some history mixed with the paranormal.
I read people's reactions on twitter and it's pretty mixed for different reason. I just finished watching the whole season 1. I thought it was sad, disturbing, had me thinking about things and creepy. Overall, I liked it. It is a VERY hard to watch series due to the violence, sometimes extreme.
In the first episodes, it does make you question what is really going on but it does become clear which I am not going to give away. It's sad to see such hate going on knowing that it was really like that back in day and that nothing much has changed sadly. This poor family went through so much torture from within themselves and from the white neighborhood. I've only dealt with a very small amount of racism which doesn't come close to what black people (and apparently now Asian people) have gone and are currently going through. I just imagine.
This series has left me with questions about life & history, stuff that isn't taught in schools. I'm curious as to how and when did hate towards black people (or anyone really) really start? It had start from someone and somewhere. Did someone see someone of a different skin color and automatically think they must be bad because they "look" different? Did it then just spread like religion does when someone preaches? How is it after all this time humans haven't looked at this and just said "this is insane, we need to stop this now"? Yes it's has happened slowly over time but there is still so much of it.
This series shows us just a small part what people have to go through every single day just because they are born with their skin a different color. Even though it's fiction, the basis is true. This series does have some things that really did happen.
It may very well had to watch for some people but if you are into creepy paranormal stories and can handle sensitive topics and violence, then you might like it. It's weird that the writers would slip in paranormal stuff into this type of show but it also makes sense and it's a new way to write a horror story. There are bonus clips where the creator and actors talk about the series as well. Below is a link to a trailer.
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