Past Event
Black Future Spotlights: Visualizing Afrofuturism on Stage and Screen
- Tuesday, June 6, 2023
- 1:15pm - 2:35pm
Highlights from the Event
Description: Our 20-minute spotlight tours provide an engaging introduction to a key topic in the Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures exhibition.
About this program: On stage and screen, representation matters. Representation is important so that art and media can reflect the diversity of society. Explore how Afrofuturism provides a platform for reimagining Black characters in traditionally white roles.
Image: Costume for the Wizard in The Wiz on Broadway.Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane