There is a movement we call Afro-Futurism, where we imagine a black way of life free of white supremacy and bigotry. 'Black Panther,' I think, is the first blockbuster film centered in the ethos of Afro-Futurism, where the writers and directors and makeup and wardrobe team all imagined a beautiful, thriving black Africa without colonialism.

I became personal friends with Erica Garner and with so many other families affected by police violence.

I grossly underestimated the gravitational pull of America's justice system toward white supremacy.

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