New groundbreaking sci-fi series

My Dad the Bounty Hunter is a new animated series premiering on Netflix on February 9. The action-comedy follows a pair of siblings, Lisa and Sean, who stow away in their father’s car when he goes on a work trip. They don’t know that their dad’s job is to capture alien creatures in space, so the trio end up on an unexpected adventure together. The show is breaking new ground in the entertainment world because it is a sci-fi story that centers around a Black family. It is part of a genre called Afrofuturism, which means it combines elements of science fiction, the culture and history of Africa and Africans, fantasy, and a vision of a better future. Everett Downing, one of the show’s co-creators and executive producers, is Black.…

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