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This week, we're learning about Afrofuturism: its origins, its purpose, and its use in contemporary Black cinema. We watched "Dirty Computer" by Janelle Monae and "Black Panther" by Ryan Coogler and discussed both films' efforts to imagine a different reality for Black people in the US and around the world. Come for our takes on both films, and stay for Mariam's passionate feelings about Lovecraft Country!

Further Reading:

• Afrofuturism takes flight: from Sun Ra to Janelle Monáe(The Guardian)
• Still Processing: We Sink Our Claws Into ‘Black Panther’ With Ta-Nehisi Coates(NYT)
• Africanfuturism Defined

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