Octavia Butler

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Sameer Rao Jun 22, 2018 12:49PM EDT

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

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Sameer Rao Mar 9, 2018 11:54AM EST

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.

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Sameer Rao Aug 9, 2017 4:18PM EDT

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.

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Sameer Rao Jan 6, 2017 10:18AM EST

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.

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