White Men Are Cracking Up

Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.

• Ngozi OnwurahDirector
• Bonnie GreerScreenplay

• Theo OmambalaMaisie Blue
• Jon FinchDetective Margrave
• Tom GeogheganBuckley
• Nick SimonsSandwich Board Man
• Bernard LawrenceHomeless Man
• John RaffertyTom
• Howard DavisBoy