'''''Antebellum''''' is a 2020 American [[thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/janelle-monae-antebellum-trailer-2-962788/|title=Janelle Monáe Time-Travel Thriller 'Antebellum' Headed Straight to VOD|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|date=August 6, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225001812/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/janelle-monae-antebellum-trailer-2-962788/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/entertainment/antebellum-review/index.html|title=Janelle Monae stars in a thriller with a 'Get Out' vibe that doesn't live up to its twist|website=[[CNN]]|first=Brain|last=Lowry|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225001817/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/entertainment/antebellum-review/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz in their feature directorial debuts. The film stars [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Eric Lange]], [[Jena Malone]], [[Jack Huston]], [[Kiersey Clemons]], and [[Gabourey Sidibe]], and follows an African-American woman who finds herself in a [[Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|Southern slave plantation]] and must escape.
''Antebellum'' was released in the United States through premium [[video on demand]] on September 18, 2020, and theatrically in several other countries. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics, who felt that it did not live up to the premise's full potential.
