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Imaginary Worlds

Indigenous Futurisms

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

From TV and film to novels and video games, the artistic movement of Indigenous Futurisms has been gaining momentum and breaking cultural barriers. I talk with professor and author Grace Dillon, filmmaker Danis Goulet, fiction writer Stephen Graham Jones, and visual artist Virgil Ortiz about what defines a work of indigenous futurism and why telling stories about werewolves, spirits, A.I., and time travelers can be an act of resistance. This episode is sponsored by Mr Ballen Podcast and D&Tea. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you’re interested in advertising on Imaginary Worlds, you can contact them here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tab for a cause is a browser extension that lets you raise money for charity will do

0:04.8

in your thing online.

0:06.6

Whenever you open a new tab, you'll see a beautiful background photo and a small ad.

0:11.5

And part of that ad money goes towards a charity of your choice.

0:15.6

It's free and incredibly easy.

0:18.1

Transform your tabs into a force for good in just 30 seconds.

0:22.4

Sign up at tabforacaws.org slash imaginary worlds.

0:29.3

Realising to imaginary worlds.

0:31.0

A show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

0:34.2

I'm Eric Melinsky.

0:34.8

Why do you want to hunt?

0:40.0

Because you all think that I can't.

0:43.2

The movie Prey is the latest installment in the Predator franchise, which began with Arnold

0:48.0

Schwarzenegger back in 1987.

0:51.0

This film is a prequel which takes place in the 18th century.

0:54.8

One of the alien predators lands in the Great Plains and he meets his match in a Comanche

0:59.9

teenage girl.

1:08.4

Prey was a huge hit for the streaming service Hulu and the movie was widely praised for

1:13.1

its cultural sensitivity.

1:15.1

The producer and most of the cast are indigenous to North America.

1:19.1

But Prey isn't just part of an action franchise.

1:22.0

It reflects a larger artistic movement called indigenous futurisms, which tells stories

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