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    Artists Get Creative While Social Distancing

    Whether it’s sit-down interviews or literature, folks are finding cool ways to stay entertained.
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Apr 9, 2020 12:45PM EDT
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    Google Doodle Honors Octavia E. Butler

    The author broke race and gender barriers in sci-fi literature and tackled discrimination and identity themes in her work. 

    Sameer Rao Jun 22, 2018 12:49PM EDT
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    4 Questions With Ava DuVernay, 'Wrinkle in Time' Director and National Treasure

    The director talks to Colorlines about the social justice and equity themes in “A Wrinkle in Time” and what she hopes viewers will do when they leave the theater.

    Sameer Rao Mar 9, 2018 11:54AM EST
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    A New 'Dawn' Emerges With Ava DuVernay's Upcoming Octavia Butler Adaptation

    DuVernay, Victoria Mahoney and Charles D. King round out the all-Black creative team developing the first book in Butler’s “Lilith’s Brood” trilogy into a television series.

    Sameer Rao Aug 9, 2017 4:18PM EDT
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    READ: 'Kindred' Graphic Novel Illustrator on the Difficulty of Adapting the Classic Book

    John Jennings illustrated the upcoming graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s classic “Kindred,” which debuts January 10. 

    Sameer Rao Jan 6, 2017 10:18AM EST

    'While There is Despair, I Am Not Hopeless'

    An interview with writer and activist adrienne maree brown about self care, action and how the late, great Octavia Butler predicted this political moment.

    Miriam Zoila Pérez Dec 2, 2016 12:33PM EST
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