In 1992, black film theorist Arthur Jafa imagined a “black visual intonation” that would echo prominent performative features of black vocal intonation. Jafa predicted a future of filmmaking that could reproduce “visual equivalencies of vibrato, rhythmic patterns, slurred or bent notes, and other musical effects … samba beats, reggae beats, all kinds of things.” By … Continue reading Believe the Hype: Hype Williams and Afrofuturist Filmmaking – Thomas F. DeFrantz