Film Stuff Podcast

We are fashionably late to the Black Panther party. In this episode of film stuff we dig deep into culture, starting with Afrofuturism: what it is, why it's awesome, and what it has to do with Los Angeles's Koreatown. Show notes: • At the top of the episode we talk about Janelle Monáe and her genius Afrofuturist operas. Some more details about her work here https://www.vox.com/2018/5/16/17318242/janelle-monae-science-fiction-influences-afrofuturism • Also we talk about Kilmonger and his displacement in America. There's an awesome episode of Song Exploder that goes into depth about how the Kilmonger theme relates to Prince T'Challa's. Check it out here http://songexploder.net/black-panther • Just how big of a box office success was Black Panther? Read more about it in this great article by The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/02/the-game-changing-success-of-black-panther/553763/ • Soo Zee mentions a Korean dish called army base stew. There's a lot more to say on the subject, but