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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 Sc...

Television's first black superhero. didn't know it. assumed that there must have been another one. just, you know, one i hadn't heard about. >> you can go on destroying each other, or you can learn to live together. >> "mantis" was a pilot that celebrated black seen yus. celebrated black genius. >> they simply felt it was time for a black superhero. >> at the time i read the script, i thought, oh, this is a first. we've never seen this before. we've never seen a black superhero. and what also blew me around was he was also surrounded by black people. >> i heard it was being picked up, i though...

>> afro-futurism is from a lens of somebody of african decent. >> in the 1990s, the lead-in show was "man tis," which carl -- is the first black superstar on television. >> it was really groundbreaking to have a black superhero on television. and for many people, this was one of their first examples of afro-futurism in science fiction television. >> you have been stung by a mantis. >> he stars as this man who's been shot by the police -- >> somebody helps me. >> he's paralyzed but builds an exoskeleton that gives him the ability to walk. and with that ability comes for him the responsibility o...

Progressive guy. when he left the show, these other people came in, and they jacked it up. >> by the time it moved to series, the africanization stopped. >> awesome idea, doc, awesome. >> all the characters of color, except me, were removed. >> well, even if this works and you do walk again, you'll still be the same you always were. >> the excuse, reason, that i was given was that we are looking to appeal to a broader audience. >> if "mantis" in 1994 was given a chance to live as it was originally conceived, then you would have told millions of

>> i don't think we notice when we're watching what it means that this is a door that has never been opened, being opened. >> i'm going to take his queens, his knights, his rooks. i'm knocking all his pieces off the board. >> it was 22 years between "mantis" and "luke cage." >> when "luke cage" came to television in 2016, mike culter got the opportunity to play the first black marvel superhero on television. >> you've got a black man who can't be shot, a bullet can't pierce his skin. that's a premise, y'all. >> i like "like cage" hero for hire because, let's be real. i'm not doing all that for...