In a near-future world, premature Black death is an inevitability. But there is one significant shift from the present: Black folks now have the power to define the stories of their own lives on the hit television show The Death News.
Jah, a former student radical, is speeding through the universe inside a dub song. As they travel, a blue macaw urges them to relive a demonstration during which a colonial monument was toppled.
In the year 2080 and just hours after receiving a terminal diagnosis, eager to ensure survival of their culture, Aodri instructs Bena in their traditional language using American Sign Language and other gestures.
It's 100 years in the future. The last African warrior wanders around the barren continent searching for the remains of his tribe. He discovers a rock, the only evidence of a once fruitful Africa, and decides to tell his story.
In a world where calling the cops is not the only option, a veteran emergency services dispatcher leads a rookie through a training day. "Yeah, but does anything ever change?" asks the skeptical youngblood.
Gabriaela Monk, a 40-something business professional, just got fired from her job at a dating app company. The cause? A racial sensitivity seminar gone terribly wrong.