In depth talk and two short films on the topic as linked to the work of Octavia Butler and recent Hollywood/African/Brazilian blockbusters
What is Afro-futurism and how does it link to recent blockbuster films with superheroes ?
This presentation by Dr Michelle Asantewa will cover:
- African Spirituality as ripped off by Hollywood
- Time travel in the Sinners movie
- Octavia Butler her writings and her accurate predictions of the future
- Black women science fiction/fantasy writers
- The graphic novel as a way to tell real Black history and Black future stories
- Two short films on Afro-futurism plus Q&A
- African Odysseys,17,000 global majority voices and racism @BFI
- White superheroes who should be Black
Other coming events from Black History Walks
- Black History Steam train tour
- Black History Bus Tour
- 20 Banned Black Films you need to see
- How Black people won World War 2
- Hackney, Harlem, St Paul’/Bank, Theatreland and Soho Black History Walks
- African Odysseys, Racism @BFI
- Harry Belafonte Story
- Esther Anderson all dayer
- 60 years of Black British Civil Rights, racism @BFI with Professor Gus John
- Black British Civil Rights, Kung Fu and anti-racist street fighters
- Black History Helicopter tour
- Sign petition to save 17 years of Black film history at BFI Southbank HERE
About the presenter
Dr Michelle Asantewa is an award-winning author, independent educator, cultural consultant and publisher. Her publications include the young adult novel, Elijah, The Awakening and Other Poems, Guyanese Komfa: The Ritual Art of Trance and Something Buried in the Yard, published by Way Wive Wordz Publishing, which she co-founded in 2014. She is the editor of the anthology In Search of Mami Wata. Mama Lou Tales, a biography of her mother received a prize for the Guyana Literary Prize in 2022. Her first collection of short stories, Rupununi Affair was published in 2024. Dr Asantewa is the co-organiser of the Annual Osun River Ritual that takes place each August at Morden Hall Park, where she has facilitated Walking Meditation and Creative Writing Workshops.