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Feature film — 2021

Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture (2021)

6.00h 58mDocumentary

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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Director: James Van Der Pool

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Cast & crew

Ekow Eshun

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