Author Nisi Shawl will introduce the premiere screening of M. Asli Dukan’s film Invisible Universe, about Blacks in speculative fiction. The film features Octavia Butler and is “a history of blackness in speculative fiction explores the relationship between the Black body and popular fantasy, horror and science fiction literature and film and the alternative perspectives produced by creators of color. This documentary features interviews with major writers, scholars, artists, and filmmakers, and explores comics, television, film, and literature by deconstructing stereotyped images of Black people in the genres. The documentary ultimately reveals how Black creators have been consciously creating their own universe.”
The screening of the documentary (a work in progress, according to its web site) will be part of the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival. The screening will be on Tuesday 24 April 2007 at 7:30PM at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Avenue South, Seattle, Washington. Following the screening, Shawl and the film’s director/producer will host a discussion of the film and related subjects with audience members.
Tickets are available on-line at this link for $8.16.