Hey, this is Drey and welcome to Potsy of the People.

On this episode we have the news and we have Tunaariv Du and Steven Barnes talking to us about

Afrofeaturism and the movie Black Panther.

There's never been a cinematic spectacle like Black Panther that so firmly established this

kind of visual mythology of power, technological prowess, courage, family community.

It's a really important nutrient for the growth of Black folks.

You know, the thing that I'm mindful of this week is that representation is important.

That it's important that you can see yourself not only in the future but in the present.

It's why movies like Panther are important.

We also need to think about the representation of resistance, the representation of family.

Like the things that we consume in the public have a big impact on the way that people think about the world.

You think about the police in movies is that you can't name an action movie that has police in it, like as characters,

central characters, where tons of people don't just die as a result of them finding the bad guy.

The people's lives become just like the okay collateral consequences of what movies sort of tell us justice looks like.

And we have to be mindful of those because people consume them over generations though.

Like people's conception of justice and policing is largely influenced by it.

It shows like cops that did real damage.

Things like you look at me and Sam are talking to someone about bad boys.

It's like hundreds of people die in that movie.

Or shot at or just casualties of the police.

So the representation is important about race, about justice, about a future, about freedom.

That's it. Let's go.

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