Check out the latest episode of Black Sci-Fi TV tonight at 6:30 PM, and throughout the month of May. Tonight's episode will focus on the Khem Animation Film Festival (KAFF). Check out the trailer and details below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPhvSQIMtY The Khem Animation Film Festival (KAFF)...
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The BlackSci-Fi.com Online Campaign Corner/ Dynamo Azaan- Protector of Hermopolis
In our continuing goal of highlighting BlackSci-Fi and contributions by creators of color across the various creative spectrums, we here at BlackSci-Fi.com are going to highlight some awesome Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and GoFund Me campaigns you might want to donate to....
A Time Traveller’s (R)evolution Journey to a Cosmic Explosion of Self-Revelation
BlackSci-fi.com celebrates Women’s History Month! Join us in our celebration of the history makers of the past, present, and future. by Clairesa Clay (Recorded in 1972) People...
Chicago Black Filmmakers Collaborate In A Sci-Fi Anthology
Press Release CHICAGO,IL- IMPAKT STUDIO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES ITS WORLD PREMIERE EVENT OF “PARADIGM GREY”, A BLACK SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY, AT THE HAROLD WASHINGTON CULTURAL CENTER 4701 SOUTH KING DRIVE, CHICAGO, TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2017 AT 6PM....
New Animated Series Combines the Wonders of Afrofuturism & Sun Ra
Okay Player reports: "From the team that brought you Spotify‘s eccentric and insightful Drawn & Recorded series, comes another animated journey for music lovers of all severity. Turning the lens to Afrofuturism and the origins thereof, DUST has charted the cosmic...
PRESS RELEASE: Black Sci-Fi & Pyroglyphics Studio Present “The Scribes of Nyota” Anthology
[PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA—JANUARY 31, 2017]- BLACKSCI-FI.COM and PYROGLYPHICS STUDIO are pleased to announce the release of their upcoming anthology “The Scribes of Nyota”, a compendium of speculative fiction featuring stories, prose and artwork from Black...
“The Scribes of Nyota” Creators Discuss Why Black Science Fiction is Important
One of the main goals of Black Sci-Fi.com is to bring to the world stories of sci-fi and other speculative fiction from Black creators. We want to show the world that not only are Black people and other people of color interested in genres like science fiction, but...
Review: Don’t Play With The Aliens Book I
When you were a child, chances are your parents told you, "Don't play with those kids." While said with good intentions to protect, this can also be the result of an underlying sense of fear and discrimination. In Part I of Oz Carter's ebook serial, Don't Play With...
Paradigm Grey Aims to Bring Black Sci-Fi to Big Screen
The Paradigm Grey Anthology has big plans to bring Black Sci-Fi to the mainstream, reports Rolling Out. According to the film collective's website, Paradigm Grey is "inspired by The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror, Chicago based filmmaker Christopher Adams has...
New Exhibit Inspired by Octavia Butler’s Archives at Pasadena Gallery
A new exhibit inspired by Octavia Butler's archives is currently being featured at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. According to the Los Angeles Times "The exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena features works by eight artists who were...
Are There Black People In The Future? : David Banner Explains Why He Writes Sci-Fi
If you're a fan of David Banner, and you follow him on social media, then you're probably aware of of his God Box lecture series, which is currently ongoing. Well recently, BSF Staff writer Jeff Carroll attended one of his lectures and was...
5 BOOKS THAT WILL TURN YOUR LABOR DAY WEEKEND INTO A “LIT”UATION
If you’re not really into turning up in the club, why not turn some pages (or swipe)? There’s a long labor day weekend coming up, and for some of us, it’s way too hot to be outside (at least the entire weekend). Why not get some reading done? Check out this list of...
Did Octavia Butler Predict Trump’s Campaign Slogan?
If you're fan of Black Sci-Fi then you've no doubt come across at least one literary work from beloved Sci-Fi author, the late Octavia Butler. While Butler is known to have implemented the concept of time travel in her writing, is it possible the late author...
‘Taco El Gato’ comic releasing August 3rd!
TACO EL GATO #1 Candy Briones Rosarium Publishing Press Release RELEASE DATE: August 3, 2016 In the smoggy, run-down town of Ditz City, cats and dogs don't get along. A very unfortunate situation for Taco Fluffy, who is constantly caught in the middle! Taco is an...
2016 Glyph Comics Awards Winners
BlackSci-Fi.com Congratulates the 2016 Glyph Comics Awards Winners STORY OF THE YEAR REVELATION: BROTHERMAN-DICTATOR OF DISCIPLINE; Guy A. Sims, Writer; Dawud Anyabwile, Artist BEST WRITER Juliana “Jewels” Smith;(H)AFROCENTRIC BEST ARTIST Dawud Anyabwile; REVELATION:...
