''21 Black Futures'' is a Canadian film and theatre project, broadcast by

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in 2021.Victoria Ahearn
"Black creators explore 'the future of Blackness' in '21 Black Futures' on CBC Gem"

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, February 17, 2021. Created in conjunction with the

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theatre company Obsidian Theatre to mark both

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and the 21st anniversary of Obsidian, the project commissioned 21 short film adaptations of theatrical monologues on the theme of "the future of Blackness" by Black Canadian writers, each performed by a Black actor on the stage of Meridian Hall in

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. The project was commissioned in part because the

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had prevented the staging of a traditional theatre festival. The project aired over three weeks in February 2021, with seven films premiering each week on February 12, 19 and 26.Glenn Sumi
"New work imagines a world without white supremacists"
. ''

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'', February 8, 2021.

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