Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture (2021)

May 23rd, 20210h 58min

Documentary
60%

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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