Many of our class works are about models for SURVIVAL. Compare and contrast the theme of survival as it appears in Parable of the Sowerand at least TWO of the works below. Explain:
* What must be survived in selected works? (Be specific.)
* How does the author/filmmaker/musician SPECIFICALLY address strategies for survival? Discuss examples of these strategies. Use at least TWO specific examples for each of the three works you choose.
* Do the characters succeed in the end? Why/why not?
USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Be sure to discuss at least TWO works from below and Parable of the Sower.
Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe)
Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley)
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)
“The Space Traders” SHORT FILM (Derrick Bell/Reginald Hudlin)
ESSAY #2 – CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR TOPICS BELOW FOR YOUR SECOND ESSAY (25 percent of grade):
CHOICE A (choose only one):
Technology contains aspects of both heroism and villainy in Afrofuturism. Discuss how Afrofuturistic artists use and address TECHNOLOGY. USE AT LEAST TWO SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of how at least TWO of the Afrofuturistic artists below showcase or depict technology. USE SPECIFIC, DETAILED EXAMPLES. Explain:
What kinds of technologies exist in the work and how are they used?
What does the creator’s overall attitude toward technology seem to be? EXPLAIN.
Is it a force for good, or a force to fear? Both?
How and why?
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler)
Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe)
“Pumzi” short FILM (Wanuri Kahiu)
“Spider the Artist” (Nnedi Okorafor)
“Rusties” (Nnedi Okorafor / Wanuri Kahiu)
“Space is the Place” MUSIC VIDEO or Sun Ra in general
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CHOICE B (choose only one)
A significant amount of Afrofuturism centers black women, particularly in work by women like Octavia E. Butler, Nnedi Okorafor and Janelle Monaé. Discuss models for LEADERSHIP BY WOMEN in TWO of the works below. USE SPECIFIC, DETAILED EXAMPLES. For both works, discuss:
-What forces girls/women into leadership in the work?
-Is it significant that the leaders in the works are women? Why or why not?
– How does gender have an impact on the artist’s work or themes?
– How do women’s leadership models differ from men’s, and/or how are they the same?
Discuss at least TWO works below:
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Dirty Computer FILM (Janelle Monáe)
Sorry to Bother Your FILM (Boots Riley)
“Spider the Artist” (Nnedi Okorafor)
“Rusties” (Okorafor/Kahiu)
Black Panther FILM
“Pumzi” SHORT FILM (Wanuri Kahiu)
“Many Moons” MUSIC VIDEO or Janelle Monáe in general
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CHOICE C (choose only one)
Many works in Afrofuturism discuss the issue of OTHERING in one form or another. Examining at least THREE of the pieces below, explain two ways each of them discusses the ways that we “other” human beings, i.e. for slavery, misuse, and/or oppression. USE SPECIFIC, DETAILED EXAMPLES.
Who is treated as the “Other” in the piece? Be specific. You may choose more than one example of “othering” per work.
In what ways is the “Other” oppressed? USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
What is the price of being “othered”? USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
What is the response by those who have been “othered”?
Be sure to discuss THREE of the works below with TWO specific examples from each:
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe)
Sorry to Bother You FILM (Boots Riley)
Children of Men FILM (Alfonso Cuarón)
Black Panther FILM (Ryan Coogler)
“Spider the Artist” (short story-Nnedi Okorafor)
“Rusties” (Okorafor/Kahiu)
“Aye, and Gomorrah” (Samuel R. Delany)
“The Space Traders” SHORT FILM (Derrick Bell/Reginald Hudlin)
“Pumzi” SHORT FILM (Wanuri Kahiu)
“Space is the Place” MUSIC VIDEO (Sun Ra)
“Many Moons” MUSIC VIDEO (Janelle Monáe)
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