Today, the city’s thriving Afrofuturist scene is continuing this legacy. “Afrofuturism” is a term coined in the 1990s by American cultural critic Mark Dery. Dery used the label to describe ...

Black Panther looks like no Hollywood film we’ve ever seen, and it belongs to a deeply rooted artistic philosophy that’s often overlooked: Afrofuturism. SEE ALSO: The best Black Panther comics ...

Academy Award-winner Ruth Carter spoke with IndyStar about learning to sew as a child, the hardest "Black Panther" costumes ...

This spirit of collective storytelling and reimagining is what we are celebrating at Black Beyond, MOPOP's latest exploration ...

This is the central provocation of Afrofuturism. Afrofuturism is an invocation of our creative wilderness, inviting us to stretch past the bounds of our anti-Black realities into our imaginations ...

Photo courtesy The New Yorker and Awol Erizku. Carter’s take on Afrofuturism also often embraces deep, rich colors. Think royal purples, fiery reds, and vibrant greens, she says. These help reflect ...

If you can envision this—or are willing to try—you may just be an Afrofuturist. Afrofuturism is more than a genre; it’s a movement. It reclaims narratives, fuses cultural heritage with ...

Futuristic worlds are often shaped by Western visions of humankind’s destiny. Afrofuturism offers an alternative that emphasizes how entrenched mainstream science fiction genre has become. This ...

“Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design” features more than 60 costumes from Carter’s nearly four decades in film, including designs from “Black Panther” and its sequel ...

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The Radical Teacher, No. 122, Teaching Afrofuturism: Race, Erasure, and COVID (Spring 2022), pp. 13-20 (8 pages) This essay describes teaching Afrofuturism in a small liberal arts college and a state ...

Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design" at The Children's Museum in a collaboration with cultural development firm Ganggang and the Madam Walker Legacy Center. From March 22 to Sept. 7 ...