Month: August 2014

“The Last Angel of History”: a film about Afrofuturism

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqgkXbQOi68

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07Jehtdm0Y

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWyrj7rqtJ0

Wesley Snipes is Game to Shoot Another “Blade” Film

Hope someone makes it happen.

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The BFI takes a giant leap into Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder

We want this to fill our fall calendar — if only we were in the UK.
The Last Angel of History
The Last Angel of History – 1996

Afrofuturism takes flight: from Sun Ra to Janelle Monáe

Great piece about Afrofuturism. Thank you, Guardian.

King Britt

King Britt, curator of MoMA’s Moondanda Afrofuturism event. Photograph: John Kaufman

Watch Nonso Anozie talk about his role in 2015’s “Peter Pan”

Where’s the Diversity, Hollywood? Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blockbusters Overwhelmingly White, Male

Thank you, Jason Low, for this great post…so much info and two thoughtful interviews.

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Summer blockbuster season is in full swing. For many moviegoers, that means escaping to a galaxy far, far away—or perhaps just a different version of our own planet Earth—through science fiction and fantasy movies. As fans clamor for the latest cinematic thrills, we decided to focus our next Diversity Gap study on the level of racial and gender representation in these ever-popular genres that consistently rake in the big bucks for movie studios. We reviewed the top 100 domestic grossing sci-fi and fantasy films as reported by Box Office Mojo. The results were staggeringly disappointing, if not surprising in light of our past Diversity Gap studies of the Tony Awards, the Emmy Awards, the children’s book industry, The New York Times Top 10 Bestseller List, US politics, and the Academy Awards, where we analyzed multi-year samplings and found a disturbingly consistent lack of…

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Japan to crack down on anime and manga piracy

Campaign to target more than 500 sites.

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10 White People Who Inexplicably Became Ninjas

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Watch videos at io9.

“Abby” (1974): this is some serious blaxploitation horror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckW5bcHNDs

Stars Carol Speed and William Marshall (the Shakespearean actor with a great voice who had starring role in “Blacula”).

“The Quest”: A Fantasy Reality Show

The Quest

Before handing over swords to these people, were they taught how to use them?