CATCHING FIRE - HOW THE WATCHMEN MAY HAVE HELPED TO SPARK THE RECENT UPRISING AGAINST RACE-BASED BRUTALITY

In October 2019 many in the U.S. and the world were stunned by the explosively violent spectacle of the 1921 Tulsa massacre depicted in Damon Lindelof's turn on Alan Moore's The Watchmen. The violence carried out against the black community in Tulsa by their white neighbors, led many to the discover that this and other equally egregious massacres carried out against people of Africans descent. spatter the American Historical landscape. Now, less than a year later we ask if the Watchmen and other spec fic was the spark that galvanized Americans and the world against Racial Brutality? Join Penelope, Otto. Cranston & James tonight to discuss this and other Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror media from the blerd perspective!