photo by Melissa Wax
“This is Seattle, we’re the most progressive city on the planet,” states the mayor of Seattle in the second episode of the dystopian web series
While it’s a fictional story, the parallels between the Seattle of
Bazzooka and the Seattle we know today are striking in their similarities. A mayor who sees “no color or gender or sexual identity, only love” while also ignoring the needs of and injustices towards people of color. An evil tech corporation that’s trampling local businesses, especially those run by people of color. BIPOC youth standing up for themselves and enacting change through protesting. It’s a plotline that could’ve only been born out of the hellscape known as 2020 and yet stands on its own as a thoroughly entertaining, unpreachy mystery sci-fi series.
Danny Denial has announced a new monthly web series titled
BAZZOOKA to launch at the end of the month. A follow-up to 2019’s independent film
Eva Walker, and
LÜCHI,
Cozell Wilson, and
Kylie Mooncakes for an apocalyptic tale of love, resistance, and the end of the world in the not-too-distant future.
Set in June 2022 in a war-torn Seattle, a punk band of black anarchists battle familiar evils like tech billionaires, government officials, and overfunded police to take back their city.
As with Kill Me To Death, which was loaded with local music features,
BAZZOOKA is a music-heavy and politically-charged series, featuring appearances and music by black artists in Seattle like Black Ends, Shaina Shepherd, DoNormaal, Ex-Florist (fka Guayaba) and Denial, himself.