As the conversation continues on the dearth of black representation in sci-fi cinema, I receive an email with this announcement. When she's not partnering up with acclaimed best-selling author Pearl Cleage to bring her novels to the screen, in what has been dubbed The Pearl Cleage Film Project, filmmaker and professor Ayoka Chenzira is developing an innovative sci-fi multimedia (film, gaming, social media) project called HERadventure. I'll be interviewing her in a little bit about both her teaming with Cleage as well as on this newly-announced HERadventure project. In the meantime, the press release says it all... ...
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