Tag: Afrofuturism

Oscar Nominee Ruth E. Carter: The Designer Behind the Stunning Afro-Futurist ‘Black Panther’ Costumes

LINK: Drawing on the traditional dress of the Maasai, Tuareg, Turkana, Xhosa, Zulu, Suri and Dinka peoples

How Indigenous & Black artists are using sci-fi to imagine a better future

LINK: Alien invasions are a common trope in science-fiction…

‘Black Panther’ Technology Was Partly Inspired By ‘Blade Runner’

LINK: According to the film’s production designer, Hannah Beachler

This American Life’s Neil Drumming Talks Afrofuturism . . .

Click here to listen at This American Life.

The prologue features Neil taking Ira Glass to Amalgam Comics in Philly…

New Animated Series Explores Cosmic Origins of Sun Ra and Afrofuturism #BlackHistoryMonth

LINK: From the team that brought you Spotify’s “Drawn & Recorded” series

Trader Joe’s and Afrofuturism Art Collective DarkStarr Team Up to Celebrate Black SFF Authors

Read all about it at Tor.com.

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Teaser for Ytasha L Womack’s “Bar Star City” #Afrofuturism

BAR STAR CITY is a feature film written and directed by Ytasha L. Womack. Love. Time. Memory. COMING SOON!!!