"Black Joy is a Form of Protest" - A Year of Change

On the eve of the Anniversary of the murder of George Floyd we reflect on the changes we've seen in the past year and share some black joy for you to engage with. Books & Authors: Octavia E. Butler Who Fears Death, Akata Witch and Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson Tochi Onyebuchi N. K. Jemisin Cadwell Turnbull Nicky Drayden Tade Thompson New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Native Son by Richard Wright Beloved by Toni Morrison Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Comic Books: Black Panther: World of Wakanda Skyward TV Series: Them (available on Amazon Prime) When They See Us (available on Netflix) Watchmen (available on Amazon Prime) O.J.: Made in America The Underground Railroad (available on Amazon Prime) JoJo & Gran Gran (available on BBC iPlayer) Movies: Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Chi-Raq, BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods directed by Spike Lee Sorry to Bother You directed by Boots Riley Selma directed by Ava DuVernay Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse directed by Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman and Bob Persichetti Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk directed by Barry Jenkins Hunger , Shame, Widows, 12 Years a Slave and Small Axe by Steve McQueen Judas and the Black Messiah directed by Shaka King Get Out & Us directed by Jordan Peele Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by George C. Wolfe Music: Death (proto-punk band) TTRPG: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cypheroftyr/into-the-mother-lands-rpg If you enjoy this podcast please help us out by leaving a review and sharing with your fellow adventurers. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/tbhalflings for your Shirefolk Shoutout and Bonus Episodes. Connect with us on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook @tbhalflings, on our Discord or email secondbreakfast@tbhalflings.com Theme Music by Jonathan Charles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices