only at ihop. download the app and start earning free food. [people chatting] situation by yazoo [water splashing] blue eyed dressed for every situation moving through the doorway of a nation pick me up and. [opening can] (upbeat music) - historically, science fiction, it s always been told from an eastern european lens. afrofuturism tells that same type of story, historically, science fiction, it s always been told from an eastern european lens.
then you have something like they cloned tyrone. lots of people have been saying, oh, this type of genre is perfect for people of color because it enables us to be able to, you know, view like the future in technology. i mean, look at films. like black panther made so much money and that really was about setting a vision of african-americans and technology and we saw that also with a recent disney series and it s escaping my mind. there was an animated series that was great that was about afro futurism. there have been building blocks. and now it s seemingly commonplace, right, if not expected to see more productions in every genre involving black
world, go inside the evolution of black representation in sci-fi and horror in the new episode of cnn original series see it loud, the history of black television. here s a look. it was really ground breaking to have a black super hero on television. and for many people, this was one of the first examples of afro futurism in science fiction television. we ve been stung. he stars as this man who s been shot by the police, paralyzed and there s an exo skel lowton that gives him the ability to walk and it gives him the responsibility of fighting violence. i m carl and i was television s first black super hero. didn t know it. assumed that there must have
This week, we spotlight ComicsDI Founder / Creator / Writer Ayodeji Makinde in our series showcasing top African creators who are making Afro-centric comic books ripe for movies and series.