Channel: Thomas Flight

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Description: Get Curiosity Stream + Nebula for 26% off! (just $14.79 for a year): CuriosityStream.com/ThomasFlight The world of Donald Glover's Atlanta feels... off. What's going on? Citations: Baraka, Amiri. “Henry Dumas: Afro-Surreal Expressionist” Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 22, No. 2, Henry Dumas Issue (Summer, 1988) jstor.org/stable/2904491 Miller, D. Scot. “Call It Afro-Surreal.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 19 May 2009, sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2009/05/19/call-it-afro-surreal Mulkerrins, Jane. "Donald Glover on the Return of Atlanta: ‘I’m Not Making a TV show, I Am Making an Experience’." The Guardian, Jun 23, 2018, theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/23/donald-glover-atlanta-robbin-season Bakare, Lanre. "From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: The New Age of Afro-Surrealism." The Guardian, Dec 06, 2018, theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/06/afro-surrealism-black-artists-racist-society Special thanks to D. Scot Miller for the interview. Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b Nebula: nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning // support my channel on Patreon: patreon.com/thomasflight // monthly newsletter: thomasflight.substack.com // TWITTER: twitter.com/thomasflight // WEBSITE: thomasflight.com // FACEBOOK: facebook.com/thomasflight // MERCH: thomasflight.com/merch // sponsorship and business inquiries: thomasflight@standard.tv // Questions, feedback, other stuff: contact@thomasflight.com Select Images supplied by Getty Images