#1Many of our class works are about models for SURVIVAL. Compare and contrast the
theme of survival as it appears in at least THREE of the works below. Explain:
– What must be survived in selected works?
-How does the author/filmmaker/musician SPECIFICALLY address strategies for
survival?
– Do the characters succeed in the end? Why/why not?
Use TWO specific examples for each of the three works.
USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Be sure to discuss at least THREE works from below.Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe) Us FILM (Jordan Peele) Black Panther FILM (Ryan Coogler) Children of Men FILM (Alfonso Cuarón) “Pumzi” SHORT FILM (Wanuri Kahiu)
“Spider the Artist” (short story-Nnedi Okorafor)
“Rusties” (short story-Okorafor/Kahiu)
“Aye, and Gomorrah” (short story-Samuel R. Delany)
“The Space Traders” SHORT FILM (Derrick Bell/Reginald Hudlin)
“White” SHORT FILM (A. Sayeeda Clarke)
“Space is the Place” MUSIC VIDEO (Sun Ra)
“Many Moons” MUSIC VIDEO (Janelle Monáe)#2Technology contains aspects of both heroism and villainy in Afrofuturism. Discuss how
Afrofuturistic artists use and address TECHNOLOGY. USE TWO SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES of how at least THREE of the Afrofuturistic artists below showcase or
depict technology. Explain:
– What kinds of technologies exist in the work?
– What is the creator’s overall attitude toward technology?
– Is it a force for good, or a force to fear? Both?
– How and why? Black Panther FILM (Ryan Coogler) Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe)
“The Space Traders” SHORT FILM (Derrick Bell/Reginald Hudlin) “Pumzi” short FILM (Wanuri Kahiu) “White” SHORT FILM (A. Sayeeda Clarke)
“Spider the Artist” (Nnedi Okorafor)
“Rusties” (Nnedi Okorafor / Wanuri Kahiu)
“Space is the Place” MUSIC VIDEO or Sun Ra in general
