Hello everyone, I’m back! With my return, I will be posting at a later time (8:00pm) and for the next couple of weeks, the blog will have a Caribbean afrofuturist focus, especially since I wrote a piece for Africa Is Done Suffering about a need to highlight more of Caribbean experience into diaspora (and in […]
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Louis Chude-Sokei ReadingJanelle Monae’s “Q.U.E.E.N.” featuring Erykah Badu. This song is a much better anthem than, dare I say, “Run the World (Girls).” It is funky and fierce with thoughtful commentary about those who judge and put others down. Check out Monae interview yesterday on 106 and Park. Black Girls Code Trailer — the short film about […]
Read More Black Girls/Black Women Are from the Future: Q.U.E.E.N., Black Girls Code and MBIBEnjoy these two videos that I recently saw that include themes about earth and nature from a speculative fiction angle. Also, take a look at Outdoor Afro, a social community encouraging the exploration of nature. Book video for Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents Nature SuperHero Heal our World Heal […]
Read More Happy Earth Day!Enjoy some videos from these quirky women! Laura Mvula’s “It’s Alright” from her album “Sing to the Moon” Tecla‘s “Fake Tears”
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Laura Mvula/Tecla/Sena Dagadu/Galaxy of Tar/TawiahJasiri videos from his latest album, Ascension, which was produced by Religion. “Ascension”
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Jasiri XMisha B– “Here’s To Everything (Ooh La La)” Wangechi Mutu + Santigold – “The End of Eating Everything” Preview (Interview here) co-released by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and MOCAtv on YouTube. The 8-minute video (co-released by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and MOCAtv on YouTube) stars Santigold as […]
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Misha B/Mutu & Santigold/JawwaadJoey Bada$$ – Unorthodox RebelMatic – Survival Gathering These two songs and videos are sadly relevant for today. This is dedicated to Kimani Gray, Trayvon Martin, Hadiya Pendleton, and the countless other young people who are victims to violence everyday.
Read More Otherworldly Videos: America, the UglyUK Writer Duane F.L. Wharton‘s short, time-bending film Yesterday’s Tomorrow starring Ewan David Alman, Mazie Rhodes and paralympian Gaz Choudhry. Wharton is currently working on a fantasy drama Walking with Azrael (2013), which is about angels. Part two below:
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Yesterday’s TomorrowRAS (Riders Against the Storm) – Everybody Wannabe (with Ballet Afrique dancers) Watch the behind-the-scenes video.
Read More Otherworldly Videos: And We Dance…
Sherese Francis 