Here it is folks!
The Big, Bodacious, Blacknificent, Blacktastic, fun-filled two day State of Black Science Fiction Convention schedule with the list of panelists, presenters and moderators!
Jam-packed with all the Steamfunk, Sword and Soul, Afrofuturism, Afroretroism, Rococoa, Horror, Cyberfunk, Cosplay and Black Speculative Fiction you can stand, the SOBSF Con schedule is EPIC!
SO epic, in fact, we’re not calling it a schedule, we call it an EXPERIENCE!
Check it out:
Saturday, June 11, 2016
10:00am
The Afrikan Marketplace Opens!
Vending of Merchandise and Food
12:00pm
Theater: Hip-Hop / Afrofuturistic Puppet Show
Creator/Director: Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins
1:00pm
Theater: Invisible Universe: A History of Blackness in Speculative Fiction
Director: M. Asli Dukan
2:00 pm
Theater/Screening Room: We Want the Funk: Afrofuturism in Music
Moderator: Kalonji Jama Changa
Panelists: Speech Thomas, Fluxwondabat, YZ, Stacy Epps
Panel Room 1: Children – Tiny Yogis Yoga
Instructor: Tajuana F. Jones
Panel Room 2: Teens – Video Games We Love
Moderator: Dan Flores
Panelists: Brandon Davis, James Mason, Radi Lewis (via Skype)
Panel Room 3: Black Women In Speculative Fiction
Moderator: Nicole Kurtz
Panelists: Alicia McCalla, Valjeanne Jeffers, Penelope Flynn, Leticia Carelock, Cerece Renee-Murphy, Sheree Renee Thomas
Panel Room 4: Reading Octavia
Ed Hall, Sheree Renee Thomas
4:00 pm
Theater/Screening Room: Special Screening of “Returned”
Director: Lamont Gant
Panel Room 1: Children – Create Your Own Comic Book
Panelists: James Mason, Sarah Macklin, Keef Cross, Tony Cade.
Panel Room 2: Teens Talk to Authors
Alicia McCalla, Alan Jones, Jeff Carroll
Panel Room 3: Black Southern Folklore in Horror Literature
Moderator: Balogun Ojetade
Panelists: Keef Cross, Brandon Massey, Valjeanne Jeffers, Sheree Renee Thomas
Panel Room 4: The Pinnacles and Pitfalls of Self/Small publishing
Moderator: Milton Davis
Panelists: Bill Campbell, Nicole Kurtz, Leticia Carelock, Gerald Coleman, Adrian “Asia” Petty.
6:00 pm
Theater/Screening Room: Black Craft and Consciousness in Comic Books
Moderator: Robert Jeffery
Panelists: Dawud Anyabwile, Sarah Macklin, James Mason, Chris Miller, Radi Lewis (Skype), Hannibal Tabu (Skype)
Panel Room 1: Steamfunk Style
Moderator: Balogun Ojetade
Panelists: Mark Curtis, Ofeibea Loveless, Marcellus Jackson
Panel Room 2: African-Centered World Building
Panelists: Milton Davis, James Eugene
Panel Room 3: Afrofuturism Art and Literature
Moderator: Ed Hall
Panelists: Bill Campbell, Clint Fluker, Lisa Yaszek, Sheree Renee Thomas
Panel Room 4: Writing for the YA Market
Panelist: Alicia McCalla, Valjeanne Jeffers, Christine Taylor-Butler, Letitia Carelock.
8:00 pm
Panel Room 1: Women in Horror
Panelists: Valjeanne Jeffers, Penelope Flynn, Nicole Kurtz, Sheree Renee Thomas, Tananarive Due (Skype)
Sunday, June 12, 2016
10:00 am
The Afrikan Marketplace Continues!
Vending of Merchandise and Food
Theater/Screening Room: Horror on the Black Hand Side
Panelists: Brandon Massey, Steven Van Patton, Valjeanne Jeffers, Jeff Carroll
Panel Room 1: Traditional Arms, Armor and Martial Arts of Afrika
Moderator: Kalonji Jama Changa
Panelists: Balogun Ojetade, Da’mon Stith, Akinbobola Donaldson
Panel Room 2: Children and Teens: Afrikan Martial Arts
Conducted by Afrikan Martial Arts Institute
Panel Room 3: Creator Interviews and Readings (10:00 am – 4:00 pm)
TBA
Panel Room 4: Marketing Black Speculative Media to the Masses
Moderator: Milton Davis
Panelists: Adrian “Asia” Petty, Bill Campbell, Tony Cade
12:00 pm
Theater/Screening Room: Screening of Short and Feature Films
Various Creators (From 12pm-4:00pm)
Panel Room 1: Stunts and Fighting for Film, Stage and Television
Instructors: Jazzy Ellis, Balogun Ojetade, Da’mon Stith, Akinbobola Donaldson
Panel Room 2: We love Anime!
Panelists: Alana Davis, Sarah Macklin, Renee Cooper
2:00 pm
Panel Room 1: RPGs and Racism
Moderator: Balogun Ojetade
Panelists: Tanya Woods, Ed Hall, Tony Cade
Panel Room 2: Children and Teens Talk to Authors
Panelists: Christine Taylor-Butler, Cerece Renee Murphy, Jeff Carroll, Alicial McCalla
Panel Room 3: Steamfunk, Dieselfunk and Rococoa
Moderator: Milton Davis
Panelists: Penelope Flynn, Mark Curtis, Vernard Martin
4:00 pm
The Big Beautiful Black Roundtable
Moderators: Milton Davis; Balogun Ojetade
Join authors, filmmakers, actors, cosplayers, fashion designers, fabricators, comic book creators, publishers, readers and fans at this “Town Meeting” as we present, discuss, listen to and put into effect strategies and collaborations to take Black Speculative Fiction/Film/Fashion/Fabrication to the next level!
Chronicles of Harriet 
This sounds so amazing. I would love to attend this. The ones that I could really use are Traditional Arms, Armor and Martial Arts of Afrika and African-Centered World Building, but I would be able to spend both days over there checking out all the panels. You’ve really got something special here. Think any videos of the lectures can be uploaded for those who can’t attend?
I’m getting close to submitting my Black Power story soon too. You can expect my offering in the near future, and I look forward to seeing what else is submitted.
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