I just can’t get enough of the diverse black cinema that has been hitting the internet and theatres all over the world. Recently, I saw the satire Destination: Planet Negro.
The film begins like a cult, sci-fi classic film set in 1939. Renown African-American leaders come together to discuss the best place for African-Americans to live and build their life without the plague of societal ills such as Jim Crow. Dr. Warrington Avery has the brilliant idea that the race should have their own plant hence the name Plant Negro.
So Dr. Avery, his physicist daughter, a pilot and robot load a rocket ship powered by George Washington Carver’s rocket fuel and take off towards Mars to ensure that it is inhabitable for humans. However, instead of ending up on Mars, the four accidentally end up in the future.
Destination: Planet Negro makes you ponder the answer to the question: what would our ancestors and past leaders think if they could see us now?