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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.92,0:00:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following a devastating nuclear war,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.36,0:00:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lilith Iyapo awakens\Nafter 250 years of stasis
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.66,0:00:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find herself surrounded by a group \Nof aliens called the Oankali.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.86,0:00:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These highly evolved beings\Nwant to trade DNA
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.74,0:00:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by breeding with humans
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.16,0:00:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that each species’ genes \Ncan diversify and fortify the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.52,0:00:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only alternative they offer is \Nsterilization of the entire human race.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.26,0:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should humanity take the leap into \Nthe biological unknown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.48,0:00:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or hold on to its identity and perish?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.33,0:00:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Questions like this haunt \NOctavia Butler’s Dawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.32,0:00:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first in her trilogy Lilith’s Brood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.22,0:00:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A visionary storyteller who \Nupended science fiction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.24,0:00:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler built stunning worlds \Nthroughout her work–
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.10,0:00:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explored dilemmas that keep \Nus awake at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.19,0:00:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in 1947,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.100,0:00:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler grew up shy and introverted in \NPasadena, California.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.05,0:01:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She dreamt up stories from an early age,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.45,0:01:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was soon scribbling these \Nscenarios on paper.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At twelve, she begged her mother \Nfor a typewriter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after enduring a campy science \Nfiction film called Devil Girl From Mars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unimpressed with what she saw,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler knew she could tell a better story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much science fiction featured \Nwhite male heroes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who blasted aliens or were uninvited \Nsaviors for brown people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler wanted to write diverse characters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring nuance and depth to the \Nrepresentation of their experiences,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all while exploring mind-bending \Nscenarios.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For Butler,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagination was not only for planting \Nthe seeds of science fiction–
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also a strategy for surviving an unjust \Nworld on one’s own terms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically, her work takes troubling \Nfeatures of the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as discrimination on the basis of \Nrace, gender, class, or ability,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invites the reader to contemplate \Nthem in new contexts. \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of her most beloved novels,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Parable of the Sower,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follows this pattern.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It tells the story of Lauren Oya Olamina
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she makes her way through a world \Nruined by corporate greed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inequality, and environmental destruction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As she struggles with hyperempathy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ability to feel others’ pain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lauren embarks on a quest with a group \Nof refugees to find a place to thrive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, they seek to live in accordance \Nwith Lauren’s found religion, Earthseed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is based on the principle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humans must adapt to an \Never-changing world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lauren’s quest had roots \Nin a real life event–
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California Prop 187,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which attempted to deny illegal immigrants\Nfundamental human rights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it was deemed unconstitutional.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler frequently incorporated \Ncontemporary news into her writing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her 1998 sequel to The Parable of the \NSower, Parable of the Talents,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wrote of a presidential candidate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who controls Americans with virtual \Nreality and “shock collars.”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His slogan? “Make America great again.”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While people have noted her prescience,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler was also interested in \Nre-examining history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindred tells the story of a woman
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is repeatedly pulled back in time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Maryland plantation \Nof her ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, she learns that her mission \Nis to save the life of the white man
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will rape her great grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she doesn’t, she herself \Nwill cease to exist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This grim dilemma forces Dana to \Nconfront the ongoing trauma
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of slavery and sexual violence \Nagainst Black women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With her stories of women who \Nfounded new societies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time travelers overcoming \Nhistorical strife,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interspecies bonding,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler had a profound influence on growing\Npopularity of Afrofuturism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s a movement where Black writers and \Nartists who are inspired by the future
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produce works that incorporate magic, \Nhistory, technology and much more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Butler’s work remains a powerful reminder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that imagination can be a tool \Nfor real change–
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as a rallying call for those who \Nseek other ways to be in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Lauren comes to learn in \NParable of the Sower,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All that you touch you Change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that you Change Changes you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only lasting truth is Change.”