Mashable speaks to director Kobi Labii and actor Justice Smith about working together on The American Society for Magical Negroes, the backlash the film received upon the trailer release, and pitching a Black film to a room full of white decision-makers.

The American Society of Magical Negroes hits theaters on March 15.

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