Rising Star Cherrae L Stuart: “For so long black filmmakers have been stifled under the thumb of respectability politics; afraid to explore things deemed unimportant because there were so few opportunities to make an impact”

I want to do for Science Fiction and Fantasy what Jordan Peele has been working to do in the Horror genre. For so long black filmmakers and really POC filmmakers in general have been stifled under the thumb of respectability politics. Afraid to explore things deemed frivolous or unimportant because there were so few opportunities to make an impact; directors, writers and producers were under the pressure to make every project mean something for “The Culture” with a very narrow definition of what that actually means. I think movies and books and projects about our history and struggles are important, but so is our future and dreams and fantasies. I want to see more…