Home might not always be where the heart is, especially when you were never supposed to be there in the first place. In Jahmil Eady ’s folklore horror short Haint , imminent threats to Southern Black culture are on the rise when a series of gentrifiers in their small community mysteriously begin to die. Suspecting supernatural forces at work, a Gullah Geechee laborer (Melanie Nicholls-King), who recently lost her home, has to decide to entangle herself with spirits to assist and save them or leave the unwelcomed to their demise.

Haint, produced by Indeed x Hillman Grad’s Rising Voices with Lena Waithe, premiered at the HollyShorts Film Festival , Tribeca Film Festival and Beyond Fest . Here, Eady speaks with Deadline about the fun of weaving a fantastical and spiritual tale a

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