Afrofuturism and Their Kin. 3 credits

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This course is an introduction to the cinematic genre of Afrofuturism, or Black Speculative culture, also exploring the sub-genre lenses of Black horror and fantasy. Reading science fiction, horror, fantasy, and other imaginative narrative tropes, we’ll consider how the myriad societal fears regarding race intersect with violence. We’ll engage philosophies around horror that analyze tensions between conjurings of ‘monstrosities’ and the ways in which racial identity is constructed and consumed.  As these artists re-envision the Black diasporic past, present, and future, they present alternative visions of the futures of blackness.Offered by Film & Video Studies. Limited to three attempts.