10 Classic Black Books That Should Be Made Into Films
The Patternist Series
by Octavia Butler
Listen, those who are familiar with my work here at MN, know that I am a huge fan of Octavia Butler. In short, I think she is a prophetess. And while I know that other followers of Prophet Butler folks were expecting me to say Kindred, which is the more obvious and celebrated choice. However, I also know that folks are tired of slave narrative in any form. And I would hate for the world, and large portion of the Black community, to be introduced to Butler’s work via a historical drama, which folks are tired of seeing. Plus this has aliens. And people who can do things with their minds. And whatever the Hell was going on in Clay’s Ark. Plus sex, drama and a whole bunch of other craziness to keep everyone entertained. Who says Black people don’t know how to do mythologies?
