Duane Jones

An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

George A. Romero's first film, the independent black and white horror that would spawn five sequels and inspire the modern pop-culture zombie archetype. Story follows a group who must survive an attack from bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.