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It s the little indie that could. In 2016, writer/director Barry Jenkins sophomore feature,
Moonlight, proved to be an incredible success, grossing over $65 million from its $4 million (or less) budget and earning a wealth of acclaim. Widely considered one of the best films of the early 21st century, this coming-of-age drama, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney s unpublished semi-autobiographical play,
In Moonlight Black Men Look Blue, became a powerful examination of race, sexuality, and identity as seen through three life stages of its main character, Chiron. Shortly after its acclaimed release, the movie won three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.
Eagle-Con 2021 to Honor Critically Acclaimed Talents George Takei, Wynn Thomas and Nnedi Okorafor
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Actor, activist and Eisner winner, George Takei, headlines the honors at this year’s Eagle-Con, a virtual sci-fi and fantasy conference hosted by Cal State LA and the Art Directors Guild.
This year’s Eagle-Con theme, “Possibilities Imagined Here,” celebrates diversity and addresses accessibility, underrepresentation and pushing boundaries in science fiction and fantasy genres over a series of three days, March 11-13.
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Wynn Thomas (“
Nnedi Okorafor (
the “Binti trilogy,” “Black Panther: Long Live the King”) as this year’s awardees. They have long been barrier breakers for other writers and artists, building impressively varied careers that have impacted millions.
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Wants You to Know Science Is For Everyone
Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical cosmologist, talks to Shondaland about her new book, “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred”
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s debut popular science book, Jewish prayer, which reminds us that Black people aren’t dark matter but rather luminous matter, and stresses that spacetime isn’t straight or binary.
A professor of physics and astronomy at the University of New Hampshire, and a core faculty member in Women’s and Gender studies, Prescod-Weinstein has written an exquisite book that seamlessly connects seemingly disparate topics: physics, Black feminist thought, anti-colonial theory.
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