Inerd about many things, like Doctor Who , plants, and horror movies. But one thing that really brings me joy is when a TV show or film infuses real life history into a fictional world. Whether it is the Match Girls’ strike in Enola Holmes 2 or the travel guide for Black people featured in Lovecraft Country , it is an opportunity to teach viewers something new. In HIM , the football horror movie starring Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers, we get a real life history lesson about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School’s impact on the sport.

In the film, Isaiah gives Cam a quick history lesson about football. He mentions the Carlisle boys and how they dominated college football decades before the sport became a global powerhouse. They would beat white schools with moves that were so

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