Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

Michael Dorn Wants To Make A Non-Trek Sci-Fi Show

LINK: The new Star Trek series means a possible end for The Worf Chronicles, but Michael Dorn has a back-up plan

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Dwayne Johnson Cast as Doc Savage, Who is Basically if Indiana Jones and The Rock Had a Baby

Check out the whole story at Vulture.com.

The times, they are a changin’.

Cover of Doc Savage book, edition: January 1938

Cover of Doc Savage book, edition: January 1938

CANADA: Indigenous & #BlackLivesMatter Activists Unite

LINK: Addressing state violence and neglect, media coverage

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Daniel José Older and Progressive Science Fiction After Gamergate

LINK: A conversation with the novelist (and with his pals) about the power of diversity in sci-fi and speculative fiction.

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FTWD’s Elizabeth Rodriguez Cast In Wolverine Flick

LINK: Remember her as Agent Chavez on Grimm?

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2016 Study Maps US Hate Speech Via Tweets

Recently, the nationwide rental start-up Adobo conducted a study of language Americans use when tweeting about different races, ethnicities, genders, religions, and sexual orientations. Adobo posted about their findings on their website in a series called Tolerance in America.

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(ICYMI Fusion also features a more focused use of the info to single out hate speech in US Colleges)

Fede Alvarez’s new horror movie, Don’t Breathe

LINK: BLASTR HAS 2 NEW TRAILERS

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John Lewis’ Graphic Novel to Be Taught in NYC Public Schools

LINK: “March” will give students an eye-witness memoir of the civil rights movement of the 1960s

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Post-apocalyptic horror of Emiliano Rocha Minter’s “We Are the Flesh”

LINK: Film acquired by the UK-based Arrow Films

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China to Help Drop $80 Million Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Tetris the Movie’

What?? Find out more at Dreadcentral.com.

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