The Black Panther sequel is coming later this year, and having recently watched Nope and The Brother From Another Planet, we find ourselves talking about Afrofuturism at the popcorn counter this time, where literature, movies, games and TV all make the Mothership Connection.
References this episode
Octavia Butler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler
N K Jemisin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin
Samuel Delany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany
Mass Effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect
Deathloop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathloop
Nichelle Nicols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols
Black Panther
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)
The Woman King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_King
The Matrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheus_(The_Matrix)
Blake Crouch, author of Recursion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Crouch