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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
and now, with shows like i think black people are in the future in a way we didn t see before. altered carbon was one of my favorite shows to direct. i go to the show, and i realize, oh, my god, this show has three black leads in it. we have anthony mackie and simone misic. i don t know how we have these three amazing black leads in such an iconic show. i don t want to walk into an ambush. got it. things are definitely changing. always paying for it, darling. the difference is our cost is posted right there on the door. you talk about my favorite science fiction show. it would be west world. this pain. the acting is so good. it s all i have left of him. west world is set up in this futuristic world where you
- altered carbon was really one of my favorite shows to direct. i go to the show and i realize, oh my god, this show has three black leads in it. we have anthony mackie, renée elise goldsberry, and simone missick. i don t know how we have these three amazing black leads in such an iconic show. - hey, i don t wanna walk into an ambush. - got it. - things are definitely changing. - you re always paying for it, darling. the difference is our costs are fixed and posted right there on the door. - you talk about my favorite science fiction show, it would be westworld . - this pain. - [sonja] the acting is so good. - it s all i have left of him. - so westworld is set up in this futuristic world where you have elite people who get to live out their fantasies in this old west amusement park that is populated by artificial intelligence.