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Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

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📜 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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📆 Date Released: 2021-05-23
⌚ Running Time: 58 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

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