Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture
6
2021
0 hr 58 min
Documentary
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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Save your money for something good and enjoyable
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It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
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The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
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If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
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