Exploring Sun Ra’s Afrofuturism - DUST Afrofuturism Ep. 1

Subscribe and watch more sci-fi DUST: Welcome to the first video in our 5 part original series Afrofuturism: Ep 1 Sun Ra. 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. 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;