Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture (2021)
• May 23rd, 2021 • 0h 58min
Documentary
Overview
An exploration – from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Grace Jones – of how black artists use the sci-fi genre to examine black history and imagine new, alternative futures.
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