Sci-Fi Digital Series “Afrofuturism” Sun Ra Part 1 | DUST
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- We need Afrofuturism; not as a box to put people in, but as a lens with which to change the way we imagine and actualize an inclusive future. A future where black people are in control of their own destinies.
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More About Afrofuturism:
Welcome to the first video in our 5 part original series Afrofuturism: Ep 1 Sun Ra.
Afrofuturism is not a sub-genre. For some, like Sun Ra, Afrofuturism (though the term was not coined until after Sun Ra passed away) is a form of escapism; a reprieve from violent systems of segregation and white supremacy. For others, Afrofuturism is a celebration of black innovation; filmmaker and author Ytasha Womack describes Afrofuturism as, “The intersection between black culture, technology, liberation, and the imagination, with some mysticism thrown in, too.” For some it is highly spiritual. Above all else, it is an ambitious vision of the future and mankind's place in it that is continually informed by black culture and history.
What kind of message is sent when mass audiences are presented with visions of the future that do not include people of color? Since Hollywood has historically excluded black characters from leading roles in science fiction films, black people have had to envision and ultimately create space for themselves above and beyond the Earth's atmosphere. In DUST’s original series, we celebrate a handful of those people, and encourage you to dive deeper into the Afrofuture.
We present to you the stories of:
- Sun Ra: Considered the forefather of Afrofuturism.
- Uhura: One of the lieutenants on Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise. Portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in the original series, she counted Martin Luther King as one of her biggest fans.
- George Clinton: Whose brand of funk was filled with cosmic imagery.
- Jimi Hendrix: Who often imagined himself as an alien.
- Missy Elliott: Who popularized the pairing of science-fiction and hip-hop.
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I love Sun Ra, being 60 helps ... :D
but African knowledge of the stars is SO much older than the pyramids.
Any books you can recommend on this subject? I'm a keen student. Thank you.
@@wilsonharold Not books, but searching "Ancient African Astronomy" brings up a lot of good lectures, in which some books are mentioned...
Nice video but why the producers did not use music by Sun Ra?
Because it was probably made by white hipsters.
Um...remember that thing called Copyright? It's VERY expensive to use an artist's work in a film. Most Indie film makers can't afford it.
@Wyeil Arbukle It is not necessary to have a particular skin color to form an opinion!
My dad had all of his albums. Sun Ra was heard every weekend and on his job vacations everyday.
What a nasty comment section. Turn off the video if you don't like it, no need to be nasty. Great narration by Little Simz!
Ignorance... Ignorance is what it is and not surprised at all, it's well expected from them...
Is that Little simz commentating?
EccentricRebels yeah it is :)
I'd swear its Sampa the great!?
I was just about to ask the same thing
Interesting, but I'm not sure the wording for this was right and it left me confused. It came off as if this person was some mystical being from another world with visions of the future rather than just an eccentric entertainer who promoted the idea of of the black community of going into the stars
so in ur rather small minds. both of those notions could not be true? interesting. meanwhile, both were indeed true. he was a mystical otherworldly being. and he was a eccentric entertainer promoting alternative perspective and view for people of african descent. u confused urself.
Third possibility - he was both.
Nice, its rare to see a scifi episodic series from a black perspective. What's even more rare is that it had no relation to whites, other than one scene from the Jetsons. I thought it was very interesting and quite risque. I'll be be on the look out for the other four episodes.
amazing that that's seen as risque!!
ha ha .. made probably by a white guy, like most everything else in this world!
@American boi - you meant to say _"believe it if you want _*_TO,_*_ .."_ .. didn't you?
NOW WHO EVER WROTE THIS. SHORT STORY. I'LL BUY SOME OF WHAT YOUR SMOKING. 😃 😃 😃
Oh brother. Very sorry I watched this video. Biased SciFi. Nothing is sacred. Thumbs down, self righteous and disappointing. By the way, Star Trek was the first tv show to air an interracial kiss. No mention of that here though.
Dust should not present itself as a political, racial or religious agenda platform.
Who's triggered? they guy writes one line pointing out the obvious cultural Marxism in the video or the next guy who writes a whole paragraph rant full of CAPS, demands, accusations and all said with shameless ethnocentrism ...
The video is crap. it's not up the usual standard of DUST and simply stating that opinion doesn't mean wood stoney is triggered or racist.
I don't think they are. They're just exploring various sci fi media.
The fact that some of this media is racially charged has more to do with recent historical events, than with any sort of agenda Dust may or may not have.
༺༻NOT JUST KNEE DEEP༺༻
"How do you know I'm real? I’m not real. I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society. If you did, your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights. You’re not real. If you were, you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we’re both myths. I do not come to you as a reality; I come to you as the myth, because that’s what black people are. Myths. I came from a dream that the black man dreamed a long time ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.” ~ Sun Ra "Space is the Place"
a marxist perspective
This ain't quite painting the whole picture - however, we travel the spaceways from planet to planet
Alright, I have read a good bit about Sun Ra and consider myself a rather big fan. For a 2 and a half minute video I applaud the effort of unpacking the seriously complicated topic of afrofuturism as well as this man's story. The bit about Jupiter, however, I must comment on. He always swore up and down he was from Saturn, even naming his record label after it. For the commenters implying this is somehow racist against all "non-blacks" and various other nasty remarks, you clearly have missed the point and are doing nothing more than projecting your own insecurities onto this short animated video about a black musician. Seriously? Get a grip. The points made about Star Trek and Star Wars are true. You going to argue that?
Little Simz narrating
It was actually Saturn, not Jupiter.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra
Not the only error in the video unfortunately O_o
pure amazeballs
the only black pharaohs were when Egypt was conquered by Nubia for few hundreds years, King Tut had red hair, as did a lot of other Egyptian royalty, ffs,.
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We was kangz
Anybody else see the link between Sun Ra and Helios Creed?
Explain the link to me please.
Did you take your medication? Or maybe you need to not being taking something.
Is this satire?
yes
👍
SIMZ!
Becuz dey wuz kangz n shiet. Yeah, no thanks.
It’s not science fiction. Black ancestors were literally traveling through space in the astral planes. This is actual history for those thinking it’s a great story
Why the accent? British?
Huntsville, AL, New York City and Oakland are mentioned, but there's the ridiculous accent from across the pond trying to define another country?
eddiencstate it’s Little Simz she’s from London. Why’s it ridiculous that’s just her accent lol. Afro-futurism isn’t limited to the US
@@coloursarebrighter4719 we created it here in the u.s
@@mzsimba wrong.
It's a lovely modulated English accent. And you are jealous.
@@mzsimba And?
Very Insteresting
Awesome
and then they all lived in tribal violence just like back home happily ever after
'Home'? For a space traveller? Explain your racist self!
lame
If you find life boring just the same old same thing come on and sign up for space ways incorporated
beautiful .
Would have appreciated hearing some of his music....right?
SUN RA
Kunta Kinte
woo
Trash. Guess they can't all be winners...
WE
the song, anbody?
"Trippin On U" by Arima Ederra!
soundcloud.com/arimaederra/trippin-on-u
this is beautiful. .. salute, thank you
What was the song at the end?
'Trippin' On U' by Amira Ederra
LOVE!
Interesting
Amy believe in a 2:40 video to ruin your lives. pretty ignorant
jeff ouellette what are you talking about?
jeff ouellette get over it
jeff ouellette what lives?
your profile is all about your so called God!!
Please come back, aliens. Take ALL our blecks to Jupiter, where they'll be safe!
Very informative! ❤
This is Hilarious.
I don't get it
We wuz kangs.
Even dragging racism into science fiction. I'm outta here.
google said he went to saturn and not jupiter..anyhow that doesn't matter as both seem impossible.
"Space is the place" is what you need to see.....
Ultrasonic teleportation
blah blah blah
Outlands
Answer to racism is more racism?
Utter Bollocks!
I just went to hot topic and bought the shirt.
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Loved it - very timely
Brilliant.
This is just terrible.
Worse than drinking ammonia.
Dear DUST, This was neither science nor fiction. Admittedly there is fiction in Sun Ra's story, but this portrays it as history. Not what I come to DUST for.
A short video, only two minutes and forty seconds in length, is, somehow, the greatest threat on Earth to the Dust sci-fi TH-cam channel?? 🤣🤣🤣 Not once did the narrator utter an unkind word about any race, but you still feel threatened. Not once did the narrator suggest any vio|ent action, but you still feel threatened. Since you feel threatened by anything regarding people of color, you should applaud this video for suggesting that all b|ack people should leave Earth entirely. You could even start a movement for people such as yourself. Your group's t-shirts could have this message printed on them: “Hey, b|ack people, GET OFF MY PLANET!” 🤣😂😁 Take it a step further by declaring this beautiful blue Earth belongs only to people with beautiful blue eyes. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, sure... everyone with any other eye color should leave the planet immediately! 😂 You know what you'd be left with? Your horrible and murderous selves. It's Wednesday, April 20, 2022, and the war on Ukraine is not being waged by Africa, not China, not India, not South America, but by a country with a man whose leader has blue eyes, Russia. The world is not worried if a dark-skinned, brown-eyed man will start a nuclear war. That possibility is solely in the hands of blue-eyed man, so take a few moments to contemplate who your REAL enemy is, and will always be, because the threat IS NOT the maker of this video.
Would you not say being abducted by aliens and sent back through time whilst playing music most cosmic is not science fiction? Are we watching the same video?
@@blackibis6135 Perhaps the difference is that you believe him, whereas I don't.
The voice and the fake accent of the narrator was really disturbing
Fake? You've never visited London. You need to get out more.