Afrofuturism

The Black Panther actress, Connie Chiume, has passed away at the age of 72.

The South African actress took her last breath in a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, August 6th.

The news was made known by her family via social media, specifically through a post shared on her personal Instagram account.

Angela Bassett's time has come to hold an Oscar statuette that she can call her own, CNN has reported.

The two-time nominee is set to receive an honorary Oscar at the 2023 Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced on June 26.

Chinese film fans on Jan18 celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country's cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.

Foreign films are tightly controlled in China, which imposes an annual release quota, and movies in the hugely popular Marvel franchises have been off the silver screen since the release of "Spider-Man: Far from Home" in July 2019.

There will be only one T'Challa: Disney paid tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman on Dec. 10 by announcing that his pioneering role in "Black Panther" will not be recast in the sequel, as the company set out details of its upcoming Marvel superhero films and series.

The Afrofuturistic Sun Ra Arkestra is the legacy of Le Sony'r Ra, an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output and theatrical performances.

Landmark blockbuster "Black Panther" and nostalgic horror sensation "Stranger Things" shared the spoils June 18 with a real-life hero at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.

The Onassis Cultural Center is hosting "Enter Afrofuturism," a festival dedicated to the movement that emerged in the African American community in the 1990s with the aim of reclaiming its cultural and political identity through concerts, talks, workshops and film screenings.