Imagined Futures: Afrofuturism

Object

Mar 23, 2026•18 min•Season 2Ep. 3

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Episode description

From the juke joint scenes in the Oscar-winning film Sinners to Parliament-Funkadelic album covers and beyond, explore how Afrofuturism's visual history can be traced through comics, music, data visualisation, and contemporary art.

Featuring Ytasha Womack and Reynaldo Anderson.

RELATED LINKS:

Object: https://objectstories.co/

Before Yesterday We Could Fly at the Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/afrofuturist-period-room

W.E.B. Du Bois's hand-drawn infographics: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/w-e-b-du-bois-hand-drawn-infographics-of-african-american-life-1900/

EPISODE CREDITS:

Host, research & production: Ferren Gipson

Music: Tom Lloyd

Object cover art: Anna Bu Kliewer

The Imagined Futures miniseries is produced in partnership with The Public Domain Review. https://publicdomainreview.org/

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