They thought it was gonna make 700 million, but it actually made 1. 3 billion. So it had a business impact, it had a community impact, it opened up doors. dramatic music Rocket Thrusting it showed that these kinds of stories, looking at black speculative fiction, looking at afrofuturism and blacks in scifi, looking at horror was also highly profitable. Scifi is really a conversation about our humanity and mans relationship to technology and exploring other worlds. Its really exciting to know that more blackcentric Science Fiction is making its way onto the television screens, finally. Black people have always loved Science Fiction and have always loved fantasy. We just didnt know it. When you think of how broad that landscape is, to not include every single individual that is participating in the world, then its a lie. We have millions and millions of stories that need to be told. And us getting our due is literally just opening the gates for everyone else. upbeat music no Ray Gun Firi
People. Black people were just so absent in Science Fiction, and its a blind spot. Black panther was a massive moment in our culture. They thought it was going to make 700 million. But it actually made 1. 3 billion. So, it had a business impact. It had a community impact. It opened up doors. It showed that these kinds of stories, looking at black speculative fiction, looking at black looking at horror was also highly profitable. Scifi is really a conversation about our humanity and mans relationship to technology and exploring other worlds. Its really exciting to know that more blackcentric Science Fiction is making its way onto the Television Screens finally. Black people have always loved Science Fiction and have always loved fantasy. We just didnt know it. When you think of how broad that landscape is, to not include every single individual that is participating in the world, then its a lie. We have millions and millions of stories that need to be told. And us getting our due is lit
[cheers] jesse: kennedy was unstoppable and that s why they shot him. and then his brother stepped in. the united states over the period of the last three years, the division, the violence, the disenchantment with our society. the division whether blacks and whites, the poor and the more affluent or between troops or war in vietnam that we can start to work together. we are a great country and a compassionate country. and i intend to make that my basis for running. bobby kennedy was steam rolling his way to winning the democratic nomination for president back in 68. he was about to win the california primary. take onyx son and the war in vietnam, smoke out his brother s assassins and then they took him out. the other brother, teddy was going to make a run in 72. but, in 69 he was behind the wheel during a deadly car crash. it has been almost 20 years since ted kennedy appeared on television to discuss the death of mary jo. even he called his behavior afterward indefens
keeping temperatures up. ahead of that we could have a frost again in scotland. clear skies in southern england and south wales and it will be chilly here. we have got the rain grinding to a halt in southern and central scotland and northern ireland and there will be some showers and a little bit of sunshine, but we could see wetter weather arriving in the far south of england and south wales. temperatures are deepening out a bit, but they are below par. ahead of that rain in scotland the temperatures could reach 16 degrees. on the second half of the weekend, broadly speaking, it is a mess. sunshine and showers in the east, we have got a north wind setting in across scotland, so that is why it is getting much colder here. it could still reach 13 or 1a in southern cold air all the way from the arctic on that northerly wind will be swooping down across the whole of the country and temperatures will be lower everywhere. and that is today s bbc news at six. you can keep up with a
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