​Andrew’s male lead discovers a group of girls dancing naked on a lonely beach, gathering each night to perform a mindless parade around a fire. He soon realises the girls are being mind controlled by a mysterious woman in Priestess robes who conducts them from behind the rocks across the beach, an ancient voodoo doll clenched in her grip, choreographing the dancing girls’ display. Closer inspection reveals the Priestess is in a trance herself, clearly controlled by the eponymous little doll. And the male lead cannot help but turn up every night… is he the final piece of the little doll’s puzzle? Can either of them fight the mental dominion the evil doll holds over them and free the girls from their deadly fire dance – or will defying such ancient evil lead to death?

Even those films, that portray black characters, and / or written and produced by black artists, are often built on certain tropes. 
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One of such tropes is represented in "12 Years A Slave" (2013), a brilliant film that won three Academy awards, including the Best Picture. A deserving film all around as it is, it demonstrates that the mainstream consumer sees black characters mostly in the context of oppression.  Other black mainstream successes are Color Purple, Precious etc. 

Another trope is portraying black characters as 'Redshirts', disposable characters that are easy to kill off as a plot device. Paradigm Grey creator, producer, and director Christopher Adams reflects on it in the above featured video (at the 8.08 min mark), citing a black character being killed off in the very trailer of "Life" (2017).

One famous example of a film that received a lot of heat for introducing a disposable black character was Star Wars: The Force awakens. 

When the news of John Boyega playing a stormtrooper Finn broke out, there was much excitement. Finally a black lead character! To much disappointment, Finn dies in the film, while other white lead characters carry on. 

'Madea' is another film trope. Although made by the black artists, it is also made for the black community. As awesome as the films are, they offer one-dimensional perspective that does not translate well outside black Christian viewer. 

"Boyz n the Hood" (1991) is an iconic film, a classic of it's time, but over 25 years later, films still follow its trope in portraying black characters in association with drugs and crime, and in best case scenario, with sports.

Paradigm Grey departs from all of those tropes, following in the footsteps of science fiction / horror classics like the Twilight Zone, the Outer Limits, and new smash hits like the Black Mirror. ​