![]() ![]() ![]() Clearly, DuVernay’s Dawn couldn’t come at a better time. Martin and HBO are optioning her fantasy novel Who Fears Death, which takes place in post-apocalyptic Sudan. And author Nnedi Okorafor recently announced that George R.R. Amazon recently announced that it’s developing an alternative-history series titled Black America, which re-imagines a world in which former slaves were able to claim parts of the South for themselves and form a country called New Colonia (certainly not to be confused with HBO’s Confederate). Creatures covered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. ![]() Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Which (a galactic supernatural immortal, just like Oprah in real life).įuturistic stories featuring black characters are starting to become more and more common, at least on TV. ''Intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. However, the director is remixing that children’s classic by casting a biracial girl as the lead character and filling out the cast with largely non-white stars-including Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dr. Adapting Dawn is also a fitting next project for DuVernay, who is currently wrapping up another sci-fi adaptation: A Wrinkle in Time. ![]()
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