By L.M. Davis I’ve been in the fantasy game for more than a decade. I can remember a time when the attention to and concern with the lack of diversity in the genre wasn’t even a twinkle in anyone’s eye. (To be more precise, in most power players’ eyes. It’s been a full-on raging...
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Award-Winning Sci-Fi/Drama Series ‘Little Apple’ Opens Content Catalog To YouTube
Press Release NEW YORK (January 18, 2021) - The award-winning sci-fi/drama web series Little Apple has set its YouTube premiere date for January 18, 2020 on the Little Apple Universe channel--ending a screening and festival run that included the American Black Film...
Celebrate Black History Month with ‘DUST’
For those seeking a celebration of black science fiction in film, check out Black Voices. Speculative fiction film/ television program streaming provider, DUST, has put together a 49-minute focus on black sci-fi filmmakers. Via the website, "In honor of Black History...
On The Blerdar: Writing Speculative Fiction In The Time of Pandemic
Check out this latest On The Blerdar event. From panelist, Marcus Haynes: Creators, Black creators especially, have always produced some of our most enduring work in times of uncertainty. As Black spec fic creators, we have a unique ability to take the most uncertain...
Prototype: Interview with Film Student Chris Ortega
In late 2016, USC Film Student, Chris Ortega embarked on an honorable journey of launching a Kickstarter for the short film, PROTOTYPE that combines technology, Afrofuturism, and a female protagonist to identify issues of classism, human nature, and sexism in the...
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...
Star Trek: Discovery showrunner talks diversity, and drops details on the upcoming CBS series
The USS Discovery Showrunner Brian Fuller (Hannibal, American Gods) dropped a bit of new information on the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery series. Check out the full details provided by Entertainment Weekly (EW) at the Television Critics Association’s press tour in...
