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What if we actually saved the world from itself?

Medium: Image-to-Video AI generated mp3

Date(s): Winter 2024

Size: NA

The Lie we were sold: happy children getting an education because of technology.
The Lie we were sold: happy children getting an education because of technology.
A whale swimming with shipping containers that have polluted the oceans.
A whale swimming with shipping containers that have polluted the oceans.
When data centers are prioritized over housing for people.
When data centers are prioritized over housing for people.
Two people starring longingly into a grocery store.
Two people starring longingly into a grocery store.
People sitting around watching tv –– the revolution is not being televised.
People sitting around watching tv –– the revolution is not being televised.
A small child hiding in an abandoned car.
A small child hiding in an abandoned car.
A family huddled together for safety.
A family huddled together for safety.
A young Black girl hidding.
A young Black girl hidding.
An older Black woman with wisdom to share.
An older Black woman with wisdom to share.
An older black woman sitting on a futuristic chair, sharing a story.
An older black woman sitting on a futuristic chair, sharing a story.

A speculative Afro-futurist film short concept developed through intensive AI-assisted worldbuilding, visual direction, and narrative experimentation. The project imagines a near-future where Black women technologists, organizers, and visionaries confront and dismantle the “Broligarchy” — a hyper-concentrated system of tech power, surveillance, and algorithmic control — through collective intelligence, cultural memory, and radical imagination.

Tools:

• Images were created using Kaiber.ai, Midjourney and Klingai.

• Images to video processes was done with KlingAI.

• ElevenLabs was used for text to speech.

• My brain was used to create the script.

• A idea for the movie was inspired by current events and Octavia Butler.