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Afrofuturism

1968 < 2018 > 2068

7m 27s

Directed by Keisha Rae Witherspoon • 2018 • United States

Drawing on literary excerpts from the book “Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice,” 1968 < 2018 > 2068 is a meditation on cyclical and linear time theory, memory, and trauma.

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